29 May 2024
Malaysia has seen foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from Mainland of China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region increase to US$3.4 billion (US$1= RM4.696) in 2023 from US$3.3 billion in 2022 and tripling from 2013 levels, says OCBC global markets research and strategy.
Its senior Asean economist, Lavanya Venkateswaran, said Malaysia, as one of the ASEAN-6 economies alongside Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam, has benefited from the diversification of global and regional supply chains, as well as the adoption of ‘China+1’ strategies.
She said the net FDI inflows into Malaysia were highest in the services and manufacturing sectors, implying that these sectors have been major recipients of inflows.
“Data compiled by the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation shows that the bulk of investment from China has been directed towards the energy, technology and transportation sectors,” she said in OCBC’s latest report on Asean-China FDI released.
To recap, Lavanya said Chinese firms pledged around RM170 billion in investments into Malaysia in April 2023, with 19 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed, followed by commitments of RM19.84 billion in September 2023.
“These suggest that there is a strong pipeline of FDI commitments from China into Malaysia.
“Further commitments are likely to be made at the Malaysia-China Summit 2024, which runs from 17th to 19th December, 2024,” she said.
Lavanya noted that foreign capital investment approvals, a proxy for approved FDI, have been picking up flowing into Malaysia.
“The source of the inflows has become more diverse in recent years, underscoring the broadening role of Malaysia in regional and global supply chains.
“Inflows from the European Union, other ASEAN countries, the United States, Japan and China have improved in recent years. ,” she said.
Regionally, Lavanya said FDI inflows into the ASEAN-6 economies have been gaining traction, rising to US$236 billion in 2023 versus the annual average of US$190 billion in 2020- 2022.
Source: Bernama
马来西亚吸引34亿美元来自中国和香港的外商直接投资 — OCBC经济学家
2024年5月29日
根据OCBC全球市场研究与战略的报告，马来西亚在2023年从中国大陆和香港特别行政区的外商直接投资（FDI）流入增加至34亿美元（1美元=4.696马币），较2022年的33亿美元有所增长，并且是2013年水平的三倍。
OCBC的高级东南亚经济学家拉瓦尼亚·文卡特斯瓦兰（Lavanya Venkateswaran）表示，作为东盟六国之一（包括印度尼西亚、菲律宾、泰国、新加坡和越南），马来西亚受益于全球和地区供应链的多元化，以及“China+1”战略的采纳。
她指出，马来西亚的净外商直接投资流入主要集中在服务业和制造业部门，这表明这些部门是外资流入的主要受益者。
“由美国企业研究所和传统基金会编制的数据显示，大部分来自中国的投资集中在能源、技术和运输领域，”她在OCBC发布的关于东盟-中国外商直接投资的最新报告中表示。
拉瓦尼亚回顾道，2023年4月，中国企业承诺在马来西亚投资约1700亿马币，签署了19份谅解备忘录（MoUs），随后在2023年9月再次承诺投资198.4亿马币。
“这些迹象表明，中国对马来西亚的外商直接投资承诺有强劲的增长潜力。”
“预计更多的承诺将在2024年12月17日至19日举行的马中峰会上做出，”她补充道。
拉瓦尼亚指出，外资投资批准量（作为外商直接投资批准的代理指标）正在增加，流入马来西亚的资金也在不断增长。
“近年来，资金来源变得更加多样化，凸显了马来西亚在区域和全球供应链中日益扩展的角色。”
“来自欧盟、其他东盟国家、美国、日本和中国的投资流入在近年来有所增长。”她说道。
在区域层面，拉瓦尼亚表示，东盟六国的外商直接投资流入呈现增长趋势，2023年流入金额达到2360亿美元，而2020-2022年的年均流入为1900亿美元。
来源：马来西亚国家通讯社（Bernama)
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