It increased by 16.3%over the previous year, ranking among the top three in the world for ten consecutive years.NotSurging News reported that the Ministry of Commerce, the National Bureau of State Statistics, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued the 2021 China Foreign Direct Investment Statistics Bulletin on Monday (November 7).The communiqué shows that China's foreign direct investment in 2021 shows five major characteristics.NotIt is a solid status of foreign countries.At the end of 2021, China's direct investment in foreign countries was 2.79 trillion US dollars, ranking the top three in the world for five consecutive years.In 2021, China's two -way investment scale is basically equivalent.NotThe investment structure is constantly optimized.In 2021, China's direct investment covered 18 industries in the national economy. Among them, 80 % of the investment flowed to leasing and business services, wholesale and retail, manufacturing, finance, and transportation, with traffic exceeding 10 billion US dollars.At the end of 2021, leasing and business services, wholesale and retail, finance, manufacturing and other industries invested the stock stocks exceeding 100 billion US dollars.NotInvestment in countries along the “Belt and Road” continued to grow.As of the end of 2021, China has established more than 11,000 enterprises in countries along the “Belt and Road”, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of overseas enterprises in China.In 2021, the direct investment of countries along the “Belt and Road” directly invested 24.15 billion US dollars, a record high, accounting for 13.5%of the total foreign investment flow of China throughout the year; the stock stock at the end of the year was 213.84 billion US dollars, accounting for 7.7%of the total capital.NotIt is active investment in local enterprises.In 2021, local enterprises invested US $ 87.73 billion in foreign non -financial investment, accounting for 57.7%.At the end of 2021, local enterprises established 86.3%of non -financial enterprises overseas, with the top three in Guangdong, Shanghai, and Zhejiang.NotIt is a significant effect on mutual benefit and win -win results.In 2021, foreign investment drove the export of goods by US $ 214.2 billion, an increase of 23.3%over the previous year; it drove the import of goods to US $ 128 billion, an increase of 44%.At that time, foreign companies paid $ 55.5 billion to the place where they were located, an increase of 24.7%over the previous year; it provided about 3.95 million jobs in the local area.