From January to June, Hubei service industry newly approved contractual foreign capital of USD 581m, up by 5.26% year-on-year, actually utilizing foreign capital of USD608m, up by 139.44% year-on-year, accounting for 40.53% of the total provincial foreign direct investment.

Among them, real estate actually utilized foreign investment of USD431m, up by 98.28% year-on-year, accounting for 28.74% of the total provincial foreign direct investment. The real estate has become the second largest industry in attracting foreign investment, second to manufacturing.

The secondary industry remains the focus of foreign investment. From January to June, Hubei secondary industry newly approved contractual foreign capital of USD652m and actually utilized foreign capital of USD876m, accounting for 49.48% and 58.36% of the total provincial foreign direct investment respectively.

Among them, contractual foreign and actually utilizing foreign investment of manufacturing stood at USD605m and 780m, accounting for 45.93% and 51.95% of the total provincial foreign direct investment respectively.