Eight (8) inbound investment projects from Mainland China, which was first open since June 30, 2009, filed for approval in April 2010, with a total investment volume of US$337,000. Aggregated from the last ten months, forty-seven (47) projects were approved, with a total investment amount of US$72,309,000.

As to Taiwan’s outward investment, twenty-three (23) projects were approved in April 2010 (not including investment in Mainland China area), and the total amount was US$130,303,000. Accumulated from January to April of 2010, seventy-one (71) outbound investment projects were registered, which shows a decline of 12.35% over the same period of 2009. The total outbound investment amount was US$842,209,000 for the first four months of the year, which reflects an increase of 53.01%, compared with the first four months of 2009.

In terms of Taiwan’s outward investment to Mainland China, forty-three (43) investment projects have been reviewed and approved in April 2010, total investment amounted US$1,346,377,000. Outbound investment to Mainland China accumulated to one hundred forty-three (143) projects in the first four months of the year, which indicates an increase of 169.81%. Taiwan’s total investment into Mainland China amounted to US$3,589,437,000 for the first four months of the current year, which shows a growth of 242.39% in comparison with the same period of 2009. Among the Mainland China investment projects in 2010, approximately 60 percent were follow-on capital increase of previous applications.