Data released by the Chinese Commerce Ministry - 16 January 2018
- Non-financial FDI falls to CNY 73.9 bn in December
- Full-year 2017 FDI rose by 7.9% to CNY 877.6 bn
The ministry comments that China faces relatively big external pressures to attract foreign investment in 2018.
It's going to be a potentially tough year for China - even if it's just based on sentiment alone it seems. Consensus seems to be for a GDP growth of 6.5% in 2018, with deleveraging efforts and curbs to financial risk looking to take more precedence (after credit growth data showed a significant slowdown last week).
That will play into investors' view of China in the months to come, as they may anticipate higher borrowing costs to dampen economic growth further - if we see any signs of further slowdown that is.
