According the latest statistics of the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, the Chinese mainland approved 2,081 Taiwan-funded projects from January to September, up 21.3% on a year-on-year basis. The actually used Taiwan investment reached US$1.21 billion, down 27.8％on a year-on-year basis.

 

By the end of September this year, the Chinese mainland totally approved 94,417 Taiwan-funded projects, with actually used Taiwan investment of US$62.36 billion. If calculating at the actually used foreign investment, Taiwan investment accounted for 3.9% of the accumulated paid-in overseas investment of the Chinese mainland.

 

From January to September, the Chinese mainland and Taiwan completed trade of US$137.71 billion, down 5.5% on a year-on-year basis, accounting for 4.7％ of the total foreign trade of the mainland. Of that, exports of the mainland to Taiwan reached US$33.55 billion, down 2.8％ on a year-on-year basis, and imports from Taiwan reached US$104.16 billion, down 6.3％on a year-on-year basis. Taiwan is the mainland’s seventh largest trading partner and the sixth largest import source. 

 

Source: Translate from Invest Guangzhou, October 28, 2015