Specifically, the city’s authorities have granted licenses to 572 FDI projects, with a total registered capital of US$528.8 million, while 137 currently operating projects registered to expand their capital, with total supplemented capital amounting to US$285.3 million.
As of June 20, the total for newly registered and additional capital neared US$814.1 million, down 3.2% year-on-year.
The real estate sector secured the most from FDI attraction, followed by science and technology, and the manufacturing and processing industry.
The British Virgin Islands were the largest FDI investor in the city while the Republic of Korea and Japan came second and third, respectively.