China’s commerce ministry says new quality productive forces draw foreign investment

The signal here is compositional rather than headline-level: foreign capital already inside China is being redeployed into higher-value sectors, which suggests existing operators are deepening local commitments rather than merely parking new money. That distinction matters for anyone tracking whether China's advanced-manufacturing and AI supply chains retain foreign participation amid broader scrutiny of cross-border capital flows. The open question is whether reinvested earnings keep outpacing fresh inbound investment, and whether the named sectors continue to absorb that capital as policy support evolves.