As of December 2009 the total foreign capital investment firstly broke $10 billion in Jinjiang city, of these capital Hong Kong accounted for nearly 70% of the total contracted foreign investment and saw increasing year by year, this is the latest statistic from Jinjiang Business Bureau.
The newly approved 28 foreign investment projects in Jinjiang City are worth 619.45 million U.S. dollars, contracted foreign investment amounts to 399.63 million U.S. dollars, of these investment Hong Kong took up 70%, said bureau director Xie Luwei, who participated 2010 fashion week in Hong Kong. During the fashion week Jinjiang launched the brand promotion activity and attracted an investment agreement worth HK$425 million from Hong Kong. Now Hong Kong is regarded as main foreign capital resources for Jinjiang footwear sector, said Xie.