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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Two Foreign Firms Debut in Beijing Every Day

Beijing on average has witnessed the debut of two foreign-investment firms every day in the first quarter of the year, according to China Youth Daily.


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Beijing on average has witnessed the debut of two foreign-investment firms every day in the first quarter of the year, according to China Youth Daily.

Li Zhao, director of Beijing Foreign Trade Commission, said two agencies for foreign firms also opened every day during the period on average, adding the growth of foreign investment in Beijing was on an "unprecedentedly" strong momentum.

Beijing approved a total of 259 foreign firms during the first three months of this year, actually utilizing 1.623 billion U.S. dollars of foreign investment.

Li said Beijing had modified and nullified a number of local legal provisions, with a view to providing legal guarantees for foreign firms.

There were so far 1,270 foreign trade enterprises in Beijing, 1, 066 of which were established within the last five years, Li added. A diversified composition of trade firms had formed in Beijing.

Last year, as many as 1,147 foreign-funded firms opened for business in Beijing, with the contracted investment totaling 3.22 billion U.S. dollars, according to sources.


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