Anhui National Economic and Social Development Statistical Communique of 2009 indicated that the province is increasingly the major location of bearing the shift of industries from coastal areas and the Yangtze River Delta.

In 2009, the province newly approved 303 foreign-invested enterprises, up 18.4% with the contractedly utilizing foreign capital of USD2.09b, up 1.6%.

And the actually utilized foreign direct investment of USD3.88b, up 11.3%.

Up to late 2009, overseas Fortune 500 enterprises investing in the province came up to 48 ones.