In January, projects newly approved by Jiangsu province and with net increase of capital of USD30m totaled 38 ones, 9 more than the same period last year, up 31% year-on-year, with the contributed newly increased contracted foreign capital of USD1.12b, up 52% year-on-year, accounting for 38.8% of the total from the same period, up 8.3 percentage points from the same period last year. Projects with the capital of more than USD90m amounted to 12 ones, 4 more than the same period last year, up 50% year-on-year, with the newly increased contracted foreign capital of USD560m, up 71.8% year-on-year. A large batch of large newly-established foreign-invested projects settled in the province.