In 2005, Nanning explored the sources of foreign investment and better utilized the foreign capital through the platform of China-ASEAN Expo. 90 more foreign-invested enterprises were approved in Nanning, and the contracted foreign investment was 359 million USD, an increase of 21.64£¥ over the previous year. The actually-utilized foreign capital was 259 million USD, an increase of 29.89£¥, of which 95.78 million USD was directly utilized, an increase of 23.3£¥ over the previous year. Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN countries, Australia, Virgin Islands (British), and USA were the major investment sources. Real estate and manufacturing industries became the focus of investment, accounting for 38.61% and 41.61% of the actually-utilized foreign investment respectively. Other investment fields were agriculture, forestry, mining industry, transportation, computer technology and information transmission, accommodation and catering industry, entertainment, and wholesale and retail trade, accounting for 19.78% of actually-utilized foreign investment of the city.
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