Shanghai outlines overseas investment goal for 2004

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Shanghai outlines overseas investment goal for 2004

China's industrial and commercial hub of Shanghai Municipality expects to see a rise of 10 percent in overseas investment this year.

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China's industrial and commercial hub of Shanghai Municipality expects to see a rise of 10 percent in overseas investment this year.

Pan Longqing, director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, said it was hoped that the inflow of overseas investment into the city would hit 6.5 billion yuan this year, and contractual overseas investment would rise by 10 percent to 12.1 billion US dollars.

It is also expected that the number of regional headquarters of multinationals, investment companies, and research and development centers in the city would rise by 20, 12 and 20 respectively in the new year, said Pan.

Last year, the city approved the establishment of 4,321 new investment projects, and had an inflow of 5.85 billion US dollars worth of overseas investment, up 30.1 percent from 2002, and its contractual overseas investment shot to 11.06 billion US dollars, up 23.5 percent.

The city is home to 53 regional headquarters of multinationals. It has also approved 92 investment companies and over 90 research and development organizations.

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