12月8日，商务部副部长魏建国在杭州举行的民营企业（中国·温州）对话世界500强活动上说，目前世界最大的500家跨国公司中，已有450家在华投资。据统计，去年外商投资企业完成工业增加值占全国工业增加值的27.8％，纳税总额占全国税收总收入的20.8％，此外，还解决了2000多万人的就业问题，有力地促进了我国经济快速健康发展。
Four hundred and fifty of the World Top 500 companies have invested in China, said Wei Jianguo, Vice Minister of Commerce on Thursday.
He said at an activity held between China''s private businesses and the world''s top 500 firms in Hangzhou, capital of east China''s booming Zhejiang Province.
China has been improving its investment environment in recent years, while foreign investors have been optimizing their investment structure, said Liu Yajun, director of the investment promotion department under the Ministry of Commerce.
Businessmen from 202 countries invested in China this year, involving US$600 billion covering almost all fields like the service, manufacturing and rural infrastructure construction sectors, Liu said.
The high-tech and trade service industries were most favored by overseas investors, Liu said.
Overseas investment has contributed a lot to China''s economic growth.
The industrial added value made by the joint-ventures took about 27.8 percent of the national industrial added value last year, Liu said.
The joint ventures contributed to about 20.8 percent of the national revenue and provided about 20 million jobs last year, Liu said.
China''s private businesses are providing jobs for about 100 million people, said Liu.
China''s private businesses have been growing remarkably in recent years, with an average annual growth rate of 53 percent, Liu said.
Liu acknowledged that the private businesses are contributing more to the national economy, taking about 60 percent of the national economy and funds from private businesses take about 40 percent of the investment in urban fixed assets.
More capital-intensive and technology-intensive private businesses have emerged and been active in various industries in recent years, including real estate industry, information industry and the new-born service industries, Liu said.
(Xinhua)
Vocabulary:
capital-intensive : （资金密集型）
technology-intensive : （技术密集型）
basic education : （基础教育）
increasing public servants'' salaries : （提高公务员工资）
minimum wage : （最低工资）
