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Foreign Direct Investment: China’s direct investment liabilities in its balance of payments rose by $33 billion last year, 82% down on 2022, according to data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange released Sunday. That measure of new foreign investment into the country — which records monetary flows connected to foreign-owned entities in China — slumped to the lowest level since 1993.

China reported the smallest amount of annual foreign direct investment since the 1990s last year, amid capital outflow pressure and challenges attracting foreign capital due to tensions with the... -February 18, 2024 at 09:56 pm EST - MarketScreener

Direct investment in China decreased by more than 80% from last year, lowest level in 30 years. This is due to growing uncertainty about the future of the economy. The slump in the real estate market, tightening restrictions on foreign companies such as the enforcement of the revised anti-espionage law, and the US government's concerns over cutting-edge technologies such as semiconductors. A survey released in January by an organization made up of Japanese companies expanding into China found that nearly 50% of member companies plan to reduce investment.

Tourism spending in China during the Lunar New Year jumped above pre-Covid levels, official data shows.

The figures mark some rare good news for the world's second-largest economy.