In the first four months of 2025, 18,832 new foreign-invested enterprises were established in the Chinese mainland, representing year-on-year growth of 12.1 percent, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.

From January to April, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland in actual use totaled 320.78 billion yuan (about 44.6 billion U.S. dollars), which was down 10.9 percent year on year, according to the ministry.

The actual use of FDI during the period came in at 84.06 billion yuan in the manufacturing industry, and at 231.25 billion yuan in the services industry.

The actual use of FDI in the high-tech industries reached 96.71 billion yuan, with FDI rising 137 percent in the e-commerce services sector, 86.2 percent in the aerospace equipment manufacturing sector, 57.8 percent in the chemical pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, and 4.9 percent in the medical instrument and equipment manufacturing sector.

Investment from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states increased 42.9 percent year on year during the period, and investment from Japan rose 74.2 percent, per ministry data. Investment from Switzerland grew by 68.4 percent, from the United Kingdom by 54.6 percent, from the Republic of Korea by 22.3 percent, and from Germany by 12.3 percent.