Foreign capital continues to reduce investments in China (primarily Western capital, while offshore Chinese capital through Hong Kong has not gone away).

 According to the Ministry of Commerce of China, the volume of foreign direct investment attracted by China in January-June of this year amounted to 498.91 billion yuan, which is 29.1% less than in the first half of last year.  In absolute numbers, the influx of foreign investment compared to the first half of 2023 decreased by 204.7 billion yuan.