上海加大开放程度 出台新规吸引外资 - 2017年05月19日

SHANGHAI was second only to London in 2015 as a preferred investment site for foreign money, according to a KPMG report, and the city aims to keep its high profile after attracting 15 percent of foreign funds invested in China last year.

Long at the vanguard of Chinese reform policies, Shanghai last month issued a set of new initiatives aimed at attracting foreign investment in the campaign to upgrade local industries.

It’s an uphill battle in a world where economic growth has been fitful and protectionism on the rise. Foreign direct investment in Shanghai in the first quarter of this year declined for the first time in 17 years.