From January to April, Jiangsu province newly approved 1280 foreign-funded projects, up 19.4% year-on-year, with the contracted foreign capital of USD14.26b, up 24.3% year-on-year, and the actual foreign capital in place of USD9.74b, up 10.6% year-on-year. Among them, the newly approved projects in south Jiangsu amounted to 826 ones, up 19.2% year-on-year, with the contracted foreign capital of USD9.6b, up 19.1% year-on-year, and the actual foreign capital in place of USD6.93b, up 0.5% year-on-year.