So far, Anhui has established trade relations with more than 200 countries and regions in the world. In the period of the “Tenth Five-Year Plan”, the total import & export value of the province amounted to USD 30.07 billion, of which the export rose to USD 16.93 billion, indicating an annual growth rate of 22.2% and 19% on average.

In 2007, Anhui realized a total foreign trade of USD 15.93 billion, increased by 30.1% over the previous year, of which the export amounted to USD 8.82 billion, showing a 29% increase; import amounted to USD 7.11 billion, increased by 31.3% .

Anhui Province has been consistent in the enforcement of the policies encouraging foreign investment. Intensified efforts have been made to foster up a favorable environment that enables the improvement of goodwill, fortune and reassurance of investors. By the end of 2007, Anhui Province has received a total actual utilized investment of USD 17.36 billion, with investors from more than 90 countries and regions including HK, Virgin Islands,USA, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Canada, Australia and so on. Foreign capitals were invested in more than 30 industries including communications, power, energy, electro-mechanics, chemical engineering, medicines, light industry, textiles, construction, real estate and comprehensive services etc. What’s more, Anhui has successfully attracted investment of quite a few of internationally renowned TNCs such as Unilever, Hitachi, Siemens, ABB, Saint Gobain, Microsoft, Delphi and Wal-Mart etc.