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Ten nations where China has invested the most

Last updated on: June 4, 2012 12:16 IST

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China's government has been fine-tuning economic policy settings since the autumn of last year as the outlook for the global economy darkened, export growth sank and capital inflows - a core component of money supply – stalled, according to a Reuters report.

Ministry of Commerce spokesman, Shen Danyang, said in a press conference the FDI data that the government was confident of achieving its target for trade growth in 2012 despite a difficult international economic backdrop.

Keeping this in mind, CNBC complied a list of 10 countries which saw the largest net foreign direct investment from 2004 to 2010, according to the data released by China' Ministry of Commerce.

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Ten nations where China has invested the most

Image: The 484-metre-high International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong
Photographs: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Hong Kong

Ranking: 1

FDI 2004-2010: $139.5 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most


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Cayman Islands

Ranking: 2 

FDI 2004-2010: $27.3 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most

Image: Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands
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British Virgin Islands

Ranking: 3 

FDI 2004-2010: $13.9 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most


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Australia

Ranking: 4

FDI 2004-2010: $6.97 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most

Image: The historical Saint Georges street in Simon's Town, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
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South Africa

Ranking: 5

FDI 2004-2010: $5.8 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most

Image: Singapore Flyer
Photographs: Matthew Lee/Reuters

Singapore

Ranking: 6

FDI 2004-2010: $4.7 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most

Image: A view of Capitol Hill in Washington
Photographs: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

United States

Ranking: 7

FDI 2004-2010: $3.4 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most


Photographs: Todd Korol/Reuters

Canada

Ranking: 8

FDI 2004-2010: $2.9 billion

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Ten nations where China has invested the most

Image: Red Square in Moscow, Russia
Photographs: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

Russia

Ranking: 9

FDI 2004-2010: $2.5 billion

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Photographs: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Myanmar

Ranking: 10

FDI 2004-2010: $1.6 billion

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