SHANGHAI – Overseas investors held about $600 billion worth of Chinese equities at the end of the first quarter of 2026, the head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the 2026 Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai, Zhu Hexin said foreign investors' holdings of Chinese information technology stocks exceeded $90 billion by the end of March.

Zhu also said China's actual use of foreign investment surpassed $100 billion in 2025, with high-tech industries accounting for about one-third of the total. Foreign investment in the medical equipment and aerospace sectors increased by 42 percent and 23 percent, respectively.