The reporter learned from the Tianjin Municipal Office of Cooperation and Exchange that in 2013, the city introduced a total of 6,498 domestic investment projects, with funds in place reaching 312.082 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%.

 

　　Among them, Binhai New Area introduced 659 projects with funds in place of 73.826 billion yuan, up 26.21% year-on-year, accounting for 24%; the central urban area introduced 709 projects with funds in place of 56.775 billion yuan, up 5.23%, accounting for 18%; other districts and counties introduced 5,130 projects with funds in place of 181.481 billion yuan, up 22.94%, accounting for 58%. A total of 486 projects each worth over 100 million yuan were introduced, with funds in place of 224.346 billion yuan, up 17.83%, accounting for 72%; 4,630 service industry projects were introduced with funds in place of 204.281 billion yuan; 1,227 manufacturing projects were introduced with funds in place of 96.283 billion yuan; and 641 projects in other industries were introduced with funds in place of 11.518 billion yuan.

 

　　Last year, private enterprises from outside Tianjin invested in 6,341 projects in the city, with funds in place of 252.996 billion yuan; state-owned and other types of enterprises invested in 157 projects in the city, with funds in place of 59.086 billion yuan. Enterprises from the Bohai Rim region invested 159.81 billion yuan in Tianjin, up 21.33%, accounting for 51%, including 847 projects invested by enterprises from the capital with funds in place of 97.115 billion yuan, up 7.81%; enterprises from the "Yangtze River Delta" invested 46.042 billion yuan, enterprises from the "Pearl River Delta" invested 35.236 billion yuan, and enterprises from the central region invested 26.497 billion yuan.

 

　　The reporter learned from the Municipal Commission of Commerce that in 2013, the city approved a total of 564 foreign direct investment projects; actual utilized foreign capital was 16.8 billion US dollars, up 12% year-on-year; contracted foreign capital was 20.7 billion US dollars, up 11.6% year-on-year.

 

　　Looking at the whole year, a total of 472 foreign direct investment projects in the service industry were approved; actual utilized foreign capital was 9.47 billion US dollars, up 31.3% year-on-year, accounting for 56.3% of the city's total actual utilized foreign capital, an increase of 8 percentage points. Fifty-five new financial leasing enterprises were approved; actual utilized foreign capital was 1.22 billion US dollars, more than doubling year-on-year, becoming a new growth point. Twenty-one new foreign-invested commercial factoring projects were approved, with contracted foreign capital of 340 million US dollars, marking a new breakthrough in the pilot program.

 

　　A total of 349 capital increase projects were realized throughout the year, with contracted foreign capital of 11.89 billion US dollars, up 53.7% year-on-year. Among them, 85 capital increase projects were each worth over 10 million US dollars, with contracted foreign capital of 3.28 billion US dollars, up 30.7% year-on-year; 10 capital increase projects were each worth over 100 million US dollars, with contracted foreign capital of 1.63 billion US dollars, up 1.1 times year-on-year. Projects such as Goldin Properties, Aikang Financial Services, Lionbridge Financial Leasing, SM Plaza, and Hang Lung Properties increased their capital by more than 100 million US dollars.

 

　　The "Three-Year Action Plan for Investment Promotion Targeting Fortune Global 500 Companies" was fully launched and achieved good results. Thirty-one new establishment and capital increase projects by Fortune Global 500 companies in Tianjin were promoted, with total investment of 2.52 billion US dollars, including 13 newly approved projects worth 1.49 billion US dollars and 18 capital increase projects worth 1.03 billion US dollars. A number of Fortune Global 500 projects, such as Dow Chemical, Flex Electronics Manufacturing, Magna Automotive Mirrors, AEON Mall, and Volkswagen Transmission, made investments or increased capital.