A further 35 projects registered additional capital of 365million USD, while foreign investors contributed capital and purchased sharesworth 293 million USD.
During the period, the city earned over 4.3 billion USD fromexports, down nearly 4.7 percent year-on-year. Export earnings of domesticfirms fell 4.6 percent while that of foreign enterprises was down 4.7 percent.
The city’s industrial production index in April dropped 14.7percent month-on-month and 4.3 percent year-on-year.
However, the index for the first four months of thisyear rose by 2.3 percent annually./.