Statistics released by Jiangxi Provincial Department of Commerce shows that in the first half of the year, the province’s open economy has demonstrated overall improvement, and both foreign investment and foreign trade have moved up in the ranking.

The foreign investment facilitation office of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Commerce reveals that there have been several characteristics in the province’s open economy in the first half of the year. Firstly, foreign investment utilization and foreign trade export have both moved up in the ranking. Actual foreign investment has reached USD2.59b, up 15.3% and ranking the 11th in the country, moving up one position in the first half of the year. The three indicators of newly approved foreign invested enterprises, number of contracts and actual utilization amount of foreign investment have all ranked the 1st in the central area. Foreign trade export has amounted to USD5.126b, up 74.7% and ranking the 4th in the country and the 1st in the central area. Total export ranks the 16th in the country, moving one position up.