Foreign Direct Investment and Unequal Regional Economic Growth in China

Name of region FPCY

Share of DFI

Share of export

Share of population

Coastal area :

1. Beijing           ***

6.69

3.70

0.97

2. Tianjin            ***

2.41

3.12

0.78

3. Hebei            ***

1.28

2.80

5.37

6. Liaoning         ***

5.09

8.12

3.46

9. Shanghai

8.02

9.66

1.16

10.Jiangsu

8.58

6.10

5.92

11.Zhejiang

2.54

4.88

3.67

13.Fujian

10.08

5.05

2.67

15.Shandong

5.86

6.23

7.37

19.Guangdong

34.41

32.31

5.60

20.Guangxi

1.64

1.24

3.77

30. Hainan

3.21

0.73

0.59

Coastal area total :

89.81

83.94

41.33

Central area :

4. Shanxi

0.24

0.73

2.55

5. Mongolia

0.15

0.60

1.91

7. Jilin

0.69

1.32

2.17

8. Heilongjiang

0.98

1.86

3.11

12.Anhui

0.69

1.10

5.00

14.Jiangxi

0.55

0.92

3.37

16.Henan

1.15

1.36

7.57

17.Hubei

1.39

1.78

4.79

18.Hunan

0.93

1.42

5.38

Central area Total :

6.77

11.09

35.85

Western area :

21.Sichuan

1.32

1.74

9.52

22.Guizhou

0.18

0.28

2.89

23.Yunnan

0.19

0.97

3.31

25.Shaanxi

1.46

0.84

2.92

26.Gansu

0.11

0.33

2.00

27.Qinghai

0.02

0.11

0.40

28.Ningxia

0.01

0.13

0.42

29.Xinjiang

0.12

0.57

1.36

Western area Total :

3.41

4.97

22.82