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(Yicai Global) Jan. 22 -- Foreign direct investment into China's biggest city rose 16.8 percent annually to USD46.9 billion in 2018, according to data from the Shanghai Statistics Bureau.
The eastern metropolis won 5,597 FDI contracts throughout the year, 41.7 percent more agreements than last year, the figures show. Shanghai's economy grew on par with the national average at 6.6 percent while the city's consumer price index rose 1.6 percent, a 0.1 point smaller climb than in 2017.
Shanghai also created 581,700 new jobs in 2018, 2,700 more than the year prior, according to the data. Some 194,100 people were registered as unemployed, down 26,500 from 2017.
Editor: James Boynton