As a forerunner of China’s opening-up and a magnet for foreign investment, Jiangsu secured its first place in the country for actual use of foreign capital in the first half of 2025.

Despite the complex and volatile external environment this year, a large number of foreign-invested enterprises placed their confidence on Jiangsu as a trusted destination. These newcomers are drawn not only by Jiangsu’s vast market and its sound, resilient market system, but also by the new opportunities emerging amid the challenges.

Jiangsu boasts a complete industrial system, strong industrial clusters, diverse application scenarios, and robust momentum for transformation and upgrading. Since the beginning of this year, Jiangsu has introduced 22 measures to stabilize foreign investment, with emphasis on improving FDI structure. These efforts have unleashed the integrated, synergistic, and comprehensive effects of policies, attracting high-quality foreign capital to participate in the development of key industrial clusters, the service sector, and biopharmaceutical innovation.

In the first half of the year, Jiangsu’s actual use of foreign investment reached USD 11.54 billion, continuing to lead the nation. The province has secured a total of 17 nationally recognized major foreign investment projects and 96 key foreign-funded projects, both ranking first in the country.