CCTV News: On the afternoon of April 24, 2025 (Thursday), the Ministry of Commerce held a press conference. The spokesperson introduced the recent key tasks in the business field and answered questions from reporters.

He Yadong introduced that from January to March 2025, my country's entire industry's foreign direct investment was US$40.9 billion, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year (the same below), of which foreign non-financial direct investment was US$35.68 billion, an increase of 4.4%. Non-financial direct investment in countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" was US$8.87 billion, an increase of 15.6%.

From January to March, my country's foreign contracting projects completed a turnover of US$34.18 billion, an increase of 5.5%; the newly signed contracts amounted to US$58.67 billion, an increase of 26%. Among them, Chinese enterprises completed a turnover of US$27.52 billion in national contracted projects jointly built the "Belt and Road" , an increase of 4.1%; the newly signed contract amount was US$47.14 billion, an increase of 16.3%.