China sees $88.6 bln of FDI from Jan-Sept

The Shanghai Free Trade Zone is just one window into how foreign capital has been flowing into China.

According to the Commerce Ministry, a total of 88.6 billion US dollars of foreign capital was invested in China during the first 9 months of the year. That's an increase of six percent from a year earlier.

FDI has also been increasing for nine straight months. Half of the top ten investors come from Asia. Topping the list with the lion's share was Hong Kong with a total investment of nearly 57.9 billion US dollars in the first nine months, nearly 65% of China's total FDI.

It was then followed by Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, the US, South Korea, Germany the Netherlands, UK and finally France.