36. With regard to the promotion of inward FDI, countries needed to elaborate a promotion strategy targeting investors and to identify the comparative advantages they could offer the latter, as well as impediments to investment.

An investment climate providing legal protections for investors could help to attract technology based investments.

Discussions had been held on issues such as a possible multilateral framework on investment and its development dimension, export processing zones, targeting investors, locational decisions of investors, outward investment promotion measures and investment incentives.

a) Promotion of inward foreign direct investment

(b) How can home country programmes for disseminating information and support services to their investors be improved?

In terms of investment promotion strategies, investment promotion agencies (IPAs) are mainly focused on investors based in developed countries.

It also included the part that the profits allocated to the overseas investors belonged to the earnings from equity investments of dividends and bonus generated by the retained earnings which had been achieved for what was actually allocated to the investors by the enterprises held by Chinese residents.

Moreover, satisfied investors not only reinvest, they also can be the best ambassadors for promoting the country to new investors.

Article 16 An enterprise shall carry out the related capital management systems of the state and, within 30 days as of approval of industrial and commercial registration, issue investment certificates to its investors in accordance with the capital verification report so as to determine the lawful rights and interests of the investors.

Governments could encourage investors by providing adequate information on investment opportunities.

Investors did not provide capital for infrastructure development, which made it necessary for Governments to assume that responsibility.

The success of these funds would demonstrate to private investors, particularly socially responsible investors, not only the investment potential but also the social impact of emerging markets for financial services to the poor.

Finally, the discussion on outward investment promotion had shown that it would be useful to have another meeting on cooperation between inward and outward investment agencies, with more active participation by outward investment agencies.

6. Many Governments regard offering incentives to foreign investors as an important policy tool to promote investments.

Intra South, East and Southeast Asia Almost two fifths of the FDI stock in Asia is intraregional, with Hong Kong (China), China and Singapore as leading investors in their own region (table 3).

At the international level, the more reliable the parameters within which industry and credit systems operated, the more willing investors would be to invest funds.

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When making an overseas investment, an enterprise shall acquire the approval of the investors and comply with the related provisions of the state on the examination and approval of overseas investment projects and foreign exchange control.

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Sources World Bank, World Bank Development Indicators 2005 (GDP per capita) and UNCTAD, UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, 2004 (inward FDI).

These instruments include tax exemption on income remitted into the country by Malaysian companies investing overseas, the provision of investment guarantees and investment promotion missions abroad.

They convert investor intentions into actual investment and ensure continued satisfaction through the life of the investment ( aftercare ).

Investment agreements which signal that investment is valued and that all investors will be treated fairly also promote investment.

It is expected that the Meeting will further the exchange of best practices among host country investment promotion institutions, and also encourage greater cooperation among inward and outward investment promotion programmes.

2.To what extent has the fact that firms from an increasing number of developing countries are becoming outward investors, and that an increasing number of developing countries conclude BITs with other developing countries, influenced the contents of BITs?

Concerning the promotion of outward FDI, a number of international bodies engaged in such activities had been identified, and it would be useful to bring them into contact with agencies promoting inward FDI.

Investment promotion strategies focus on three main elements the country, the investor and the investment.

In this regard, UNCTAD was encouraged to offer greater support to the OECD NEPAD Investment Initiative to improve the investment climate in African countries so as to promote both domestic and foreign direct investment.

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It was also stated by some that bilateral investment treaties were relatively unknown among investors (as opposed to providers of finance and insurance), although investors are concerned about the issues that bilateral investment treaties address.

It was also stated by some that bilateral investment treaties were relatively unknown among investors (as opposed to providers of finance and insurance), although investors are concerned about the issues that bilateral investment treaties address.

Foreign direct investment flows have generally been influenced by policies that do not discriminate between foreign and domestic investors.

In 2002, services accounted for about 55 per cent of the total stock of inward FDI in developing countries and some 85 per cent of outward FDI stock for developing countries.

The objective is to stimulate interest in African LDCs by providing potential investors with the information they need to make investment decisions.

The participation of private sector investors from the host country is sometimes required by the national law.

For the profit distributed by overseas investors from domestic enterprises in China used for the scope of application of no withholding income tax policy for domestic direct investment, the foreign investment encouraged projects should be extended to all non prohibited foreign investment projects and fields.

Second, an IPA usually also undertakes activities related to investor targeting, including identifying potential investors preparing investment profiles and feasibility studies making direct contact with prospective investors and bringing to bear all kinds of marketing and selling skills to generate an investment.

At the same time, the demand for new investment opportunities exists in the financial markets, particularly from socially responsible investors.

(iii) Investor targeting

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