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Development Report of North America Direct Investment in China

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From the year 2001 to 2002, the United States Investment in China experienced dramatic expansion. And the direct investment decreased since 2003. In 2003, the amount was 4.198 billion dollars, which dropped 22.59% compared with 2002. In 2004, it decreased 3.941 billion dollars, which fell 6.13% year-on-year. And in 2005, it reduced to 3.061 billion dollars, which fell 22.33% again. It decreased 2.363 billion dollars compared with the 5.434 billion dollars in 2002 which decreased nearly a half. In the end of 2004, the actual investment amount of the United States surpassed 48 billion dollars which occupied 8.5% of the national foreign investment amount. From 2007 to 2014, the United States investment amount went up a little in the trend of decrease. In 2013, the investment amount was 2.82 billion dollars which increased 8.5% than 2012. But in 2014, the investment amount fell again.

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Zhang, X., Corrie, B.P. (2018). Development Report of North America Direct Investment in China. In: Investing in China and Chinese Investment Abroad. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7983-2_3

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