The National Press Office held a press conference on the 2nd to introduce China's business operation in 2022. It is understood that the scale of China's foreign investment has reached a new record. On the basis of double-digit growth in 2021, the foreign investment absorption will continue to maintain a stable growth in 2022, and the actual use of foreign investment will exceed 1.2 trillion yuan for the first time; In 2022, China's total retail sales of consumer goods reached 44 trillion yuan, basically the same as that in 2021. In terms of investment attraction, the manufacturing industry has significantly increased, with the actual use of foreign capital of 323.7 billion yuan, up 46.1% year on year. In particular, thanks to the comprehensive liberalization of foreign capital access restrictions, the investment in the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 263.8%. According to the statistical data of the Ministry of Commerce, more than 90% of foreign-funded enterprises in China are mainly oriented to the Chinese market. China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, and is the second largest consumer market in the world. New forms and models of consumption are emerging, and the market potential continues to be released. It is reported that the recovery and expansion of consumption will be given priority this year, the market size will be further expanded, and the motivation for foreign investment in China will be more sufficient. In the field of consumption, the development of new consumption is good. The online retail sales of physical goods increased by 6.2%, accounting for 27.2% of the total retail sales. The total number of live broadcasts, the number of viewers, the number of live products, and the number of active anchors of the live broadcast e-commerce business in the whole year have doubled over 2021, and the performance is outstanding. Physical retail kept growing, retail sales of goods in physical stores above the designated size increased year-on-year, consumption scenarios continued to expand, and consumption experience continued to improve. The release of upgrading consumer demand was accelerated. The sales of new cars in the year was 26.864 million, up 2.1% year on year, ranking the first in the world for 14 consecutive years. Among them, the most outstanding performance is new energy vehicles, with domestic sales increasing by 93.4% and export sales increasing by 131.4%. The penetration rate of new energy vehicles reached 1/4, achieving the national planning goal three years in advance. The market of the Spring Festival just passed has maintained a good momentum. According to the monitoring, the sales of key retail and catering enterprises in China increased 6.8% over the same period last year. (Xinhua News Agency)