Foreign Direct Investment

29 Apr 2013

The study predicts that the mainland's outbound direct investment (ODI) will jump from US$115 billion last year to US$172 billion in 2017, exceeding the amount of foreign funds coming into the...

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FDI revives, rises for second month in mainland China

19 Apr 2013

Foreign direct investment in mainland China rose for a second month in March, driven by greater inflows from Europe and the United States.

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Go West lure of low land prices

16 Apr 2013

Chongqing's policy of low land prices was a drawcard for foreign direct investment and the authorities were working to keep those costs down, the municipality's mayor said yesterday in Hong Kong...

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Chinese overseas investment soars 147pc, outstrips FDI

20 Mar 2013

Chinese investment overseas in January and February soared 147 per cent year-on-year to US$18.39 billion, official data showed Tuesday – more than foreign direct investment into the country itself...

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Canada 'open to FDI and keen to export to Asia' says minister

14 Mar 2013

Canada is still open to investments from foreign state-owned firms in its energy sector, and it is keen to diversify its export markets to Asia to reduce its reliance on the United States, the...

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Myanmar's high land costs deter Hong Kong investors

11 Mar 2013

Surging land costs in Myanmar are a challenge for Hong Kong-owned factories in the Pearl River Delta, whose owners long for access to the abundant supply of cheap labour in the country in the face...

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Start-ups on the rise in Hong Kong: InvestHK

Foreign direct investment success in Hong Kong may be defined by big brands and billion-dollar corporations. But start-ups, business ventures in their earliest stage of development, are...

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Move on 'foreign investors' tax breaks is shutting a Hong Kong loophole

Let's start by putting this hit-the-foreigners element of Beijing's latest tax initiative into perspective. The share of foreign-invested enterprises in the mainland's exports rose from less than...

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Mainland economic growth expected to continue

The mainland economy may have grown close to 8 per cent last year, with economists saying the gain in momentum starting late last year is likely to continue.

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CHINA

China loses shine for foreign money

China's attractiveness to foreign investors waned last year for the first time since the global financial turmoil as the world's economy slumped and labour costs rose.

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RETAILING

India likely to open door to Ikea

India is poised to approve furniture retailer Ikea's application to open stores as the nation seeks to lure more investment, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said.

"It should go through,"...

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China overspending on foreign investments, IMF reports

While some analysts forecast a stronger Chinese economy in 2013, a new IMF report argues the country currently overinvests in its FDI ventures.

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