{"id":10290,"date":"2024-10-24T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T08:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=10290"},"modified":"2024-10-24T13:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T08:40:42","slug":"164-increase-in-chinese-investment-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=10290","title":{"rendered":"Investment from China in Pakistan Increases by 164%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Islamabad: In the first quarter of the current financial year, China’s investment in Pakistan has increased significantly by 164%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foreign direct investment (FDI) from China to Pakistan totaled $404 million during the quarter, including a whopping $224.8 million in September alone.<\/p>\n

In the last quarter, Pakistan received a total of $903.5 million in direct investment from various countries, of which China accounted for 44.8 percent.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong, meanwhile, contributed $101.7 million to Pakistan’s FDI, while Britain invested $79.8 million.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Switzerland contributed $32.9 million and Sweden $30 million, while the United Arab Emirates contributed $25.5 million. The rest of the FDI came from various other countries.<\/p>\n

China maintained its position as the largest investor in September with $224.8 million in investment, accounting for 44.7 percent of the $414.6 million received from all partner countries in the month.<\/p>\n

China’s foreign direct investment in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year was $163.9 million, which led to a 164 percent increase in Chinese investment during the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n

In terms of investment sector, the energy sector received the highest investment of $416.3 million, with hydel power receiving $334.4 million, coal $55.9 million, and thermal power $25.9 million.<\/p>\n

This large increase in FDI is a positive sign for Pakistan’s economy, which highlights the country’s increasing attractiveness to international investors and the facilities provided to investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad: In the first quarter of the current financial year, China’s investment in Pakistan has increased significantly by 164%. Foreign direct investment (FDI) from China to Pakistan totaled $404 million during the quarter, including a whopping $224.8 million in September alone. In the last quarter, Pakistan received a total of $903.5 million in direct investment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"home-loop","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"no-crop","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-715"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[3880,425,1358,62],"class_list":["post-10290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-chinese","tag-increase","tag-investment","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}