Henan Province actually utilized foreign capital of USD1.201b in the first quarter of 2008, up by 109.5% year-on-year, 5.9% higher than the average annual level. In the same period, 106 foreign-invested enterprises were newly approved by Henan government, with USD1.24b contractual utilizing of foreign capital.

Foreign capital was mainly invested in manufacturing and service industry in the first quarter. In the 106 foreign-invested enterprises newly approved by Henan Province, there were 54 of the manufacturing sector projects, with USD605m actual utilizing of foreign capital, more than half of the total; there were 51 of the service trade, with USD448m actual utilizing of foreign capital, 37.3% of the total.