中国积极吸引外国机构和个人来华投资兴业，外商直接投资规模从1992年起连续26年居发展中国家首位。加入世贸组织后，外商直接投资规模从2001年的468.8亿美元增加到2017年的1363.2亿美元，年均增长6.9%。外商投资企业在提升中国经济增长质量和效益的同时，分享中国经济发展红利。中国美国商会《2018中国商务环境调查报告》显示，约60%的受访企业将中国列为全球三大投资目的地之一，74%的会员企业计划于2018年扩大在华投资，这一比例为近年来最高，其中三分之一的受访企业计划增加在华投资10%以上。中国欧盟商会《商业信心调查2018》报告显示，超过一半的会员企业计划扩大在华运营规模。2017年全国新设立外商投资企业35652家，同比增长27.8%。

China has proactively attracted foreign institutions and individuals to invest and develop in China. Since 1992, China has consistently topped the list of FDI recipients among developing countries for 26 years consecutively. After China’s accession to the WTO, its FDI increased from USD46.88 billion in 2001 to USD136.32 billion in 2017, up by an annual average of 6.9 percent. FIEs have shared the benefits of China’s economic development, while helping improve the quality and performance of China’s economy. According to the “2018 China Business Climate Survey Report” by the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China), nearly 60 percent of the interviewed enterprises ranked China as a top three investment priority; some 74 percent of the AmCham China member enterprises plan to expand their investments in China in 2018, the highest in recent years, and one third of the interviewed enterprises plan to increase their investments in China by over 10 percent. According to the “Business Confidence Survey 2018” by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, more than half of its member enterprises plan to expand their presence in China. In 2017, newly founded FIEs in China reached 35,652, registering an increase of 27.8 percent.