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funded by Hong Kong and Macau in mainland China accounted

of the total number of foreign-funded

for around 75%

projects, while the

- for

contracted value of capital accounted

about 61% of the total contracted value of foreign

capital. Since 1979, Hong Kong and Macao have ranked above

countries and areas in terms of investment in

any

other

China.

2. Multiple sources of investment capital. According

to existing statistics, a lot of companies from other

countries and territories come to invest in China in the

of registered companies in Hong Kong and Macao.

names

Their

-

capital mainly comes from the countries and

territories where their parent companies are located.

Among these companies, some are Chinese companies set up in

Hong Kong and Macao which return to invest in the mainland.

3. The amount of

According to statistics,

this year, the average

mainland China

investment

is generally

small.

from 1979 to the first half of

contracted value of investment in

undertaken by each Hong Kong and/or Macao

company was US$1.07 million.

From 1980 to the end of June

this year, the

average value of investment from each Hong

Kong company was US$780,000.

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