China warns ‘complex and grim’ external environment poses risk to stabilising foreign direct investment


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China is expecting there to be modest growth in foreign investments into the country in the coming five years amid increasingly challenging international political and economic conditions, according to a new plan released by the Ministry of Commerce on Friday. Meanwhile, Beijing also says it is focused on advancing investment ties with the European Union and the United States, such as by pushing for the signing and implementation of the China-EU bilateral investment treaty. And the ministry wants to “leverage the important role of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan” to woo overseas investors – an effort that it says will...