According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, foreign direct investment (FDI) in actual use in Sichuan amounted to 2.027 billion US dollars in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 31.84%, 10.04 percentage points higher than the national average. 

In the first half of the year, the FDI in Sichuan was generally characterized by continuous optimization of the investment structure, more diversified investment sources, remarkable outcomes in the introduction of major projects, and competition in attracting investment among cities (autonomous prefectures). 

As to investment structure, the FDI in actual use of key industries like information transmission/software and information technology services, manufacturing, wholesale and retail grew by 56.23%, 335.42%, and 180.98% year on year respectively, and that of high-tech industries increased by 111.31% year on year, with the investment structure continuously optimized. 

As for investment sources, the FDI in actual use in Sichuan from the EU, RCEP and other economies soared by 92.21% and 189.17% year on year respectively. 

In terms of major projects, 58 new foreign-funded projects with a total investment of more than 10 million US dollars had been launched in Sichuan, and 102 existing projects in Sichuan had made improvements in investment and production scales. 

Regarding investment attraction by cities (autonomous prefectures), Chengdu, Ziyang, Neijiang, Deyang, and Meishan ranked the top 5 in terms of the FDI in actual use. Nine cities (autonomous prefectures) including Ziyang, Luzhou, Suining, Ya'an, Yibin, Guang'an, Neijiang, Bazhong and Aba saw an increase in their FDI in actual use, with a growth rate higher than the provincial average.