Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
What's China doing to boost foreign investment?
Will it work?
Welcome to The Point with me, Lucien, coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Beijing by Joe Meade,
Deputy Director of the Institute of American and Oceania Study at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
From Geek Harbor in Washington State, Manny Menendez,
founder of the MCM Group Holdings, a veteran investor from the U.S. in China,
and from Darwin, Australia, Daryl Guppy, former National Board Member of Australia,
China Business Council, who is also a veteran investor in China.
Gentlemen, welcome to The Point.
Let's dive beneath the surface and take a look at the nuances that you don't get anywhere else and get ready.
There are a couple of numbers I want to share with you.
Last year, for instance,
foreign direct investment or FDI in the Chinese mainland in actual use totaled 115 billion U.S. dollars.
That's down by 17 percent year on year, but here are the highlights.
FDI inflow in actual use totaled 14 billion U.S. dollars.
This is FDI inflow in actual use.
That's for the month of January, and that went up by 28 percent from December last year.