Ata meeting discussing preparations for the eighth China-ASEAN fair inGui Lin, Guangxi, Cheng, who is also China International TradeRepresentative, said Chinese investment into ASEAN countries has seenfast growth, step by step restoring the imbalance in the first years ofthe 21 st century.
According to statistics, China ’sinvestment in ASEAN countries totalled 3.5 billion USD in 2010, a13-fold increase over 2003. Meanwhile ASEAN’s investment to Chinareached 6.3 billion USD, up 35.2 percent over the same period last year.
China has shifted its investment to manufacturing, energyand trade and service sectors instead of mining and construction./.