[Ministry of Commerce: 574.81 billion yuan of foreign investment absorbed nationwide from January to May 2023 increased 0.1 percent year on year] data from the Ministry of Commerce show that from January to May 2023, the amount of foreign capital actually used nationwide was 574.81 billion yuan, an increase of 0.1 percent over the same period last year, equivalent to 84.35 billion US dollars, a decrease of 5.6 percent. From the perspective of the industry, the actual use of foreign capital in the manufacturing industry was 147.08 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9%. Paid-in foreign investment in high-tech industries increased by 7.5 percent, of which the high-tech manufacturing industry grew by 30.8 percent and the high-tech service industry by 1.5 percent.