The latest statistics of Shenzhen Administration for Industry and Commerce show that foreign investment in Shenzhen continues to maintain a strong growth momentum. In 2003, there were 265,438+088 newly registered foreign-invested enterprises in Shenzhen, of which 60 enterprises exceeded US$ 654,380+0 million. Of the world's top 500 enterprises, 98 have settled in Shenzhen. Statistics show that in 2003, the total foreign investment in Shenzhen was US$ 3.842 billion, the registered capital was US$ 233 1 billion, and foreign investors subscribed US$ 654.38+0.94 1 billion, increasing by 62.85%, 40.78% and 34.85% respectively.

In 2003, the original foreign-funded enterprises in Shenzhen increased their capital and capacity. In the whole year, 660 foreign-funded enterprises changed their capital, increasing the total registered capital by $654.38+309 million, up by 39.83% and 44.8% respectively. Among them, Wal-Mart, Sanyo, Toshiba and other large multinational companies have increased their investment in Shenzhen. For example, Wal-Mart increased its capital by $654.38+04.67 million. Some foreign investors have also begun to acquire state-owned enterprises, such as Samsung Corning's acquisition of SEG Group 14% of SEG Samsung's state-owned legal person shares, and its original shares have now become the first share of foreign mergers and acquisitions of listed companies.

The field of foreign investment in Shenzhen has been further expanded, and information consulting service industry and comprehensive technical service industry have gradually become hot industries for foreign investment. Shenzhen Dragon Ball Hospital and Shenzhen Dragon Ball Medical Science and Technology Center Co., Ltd., newly opened last year, are the first batch of Sino-foreign joint venture hospitals and joint venture medical research projects in Shenzhen, with a total investment of 29.98 million US dollars and180,000 US dollars respectively. The establishment of Shenzhen Asia-Pacific Exhibition Co., Ltd. shows that the exhibition industry in Shenzhen is favored by foreign businessmen. In addition, foreign consortia jointly developed high-tech parks with Shenzhen last year to further expand the investment scale of high-tech industries in Shenzhen.

Foreign businessmen in Shenzhen are increasingly inclined to choose the form of sole proprietorship with high operational autonomy. Among the newly registered foreign-funded enterprises last year, there were 1879 wholly foreign-owned or holding enterprises, accounting for 85.87% of the total. There are also many Sino-foreign joint ventures or Sino-foreign cooperative enterprises. After several years of operation, they have become joint ventures or wholly-owned enterprises controlled by their parent companies through capital increase and share expansion.

By the end of 2003, the total number of foreign-invested enterprises in Shenzhen had reached 2 1883, including 3 foreign-funded corporate enterprises 142 13, with a total investment of 49.789 billion US dollars, a registered capital of 29.902 billion US dollars and a foreign subscription of 23.646 billion US dollars. There are 3,866 branches and 3,583 permanent representative offices.