First of all, the difference in definition:
1, ODI, (foreign direct investment) refers to the economic activities that China enterprises and organizations invest in foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan with cash, physical and intangible assets, and control the management rights of enterprises outside the country (territory) as the core.
The abbreviation of foreign direct investment is foreign direct investment. It is an investment activity in which a country's investors (natural persons or legal persons) make transnational investment in capital or other production factors with the core of obtaining or controlling the corresponding enterprise management rights and the purpose of obtaining profits or scarce production factors.
Second, foreign direct investment is an important part of China's "going out" strategy, and it is also a positive measure to actively participate in the international division of labor, make good use of two resources and two markets, avoid foreign trade barriers, absorb foreign advanced technology and management experience, and grasp external information in time.
Three. Foreign direct investment (defined by statistical indicators of the Ministry of Commerce)? It means that foreign investors invest in China by establishing foreign-invested enterprises, operating in partnership, cooperating with China investors to explore and develop oil resources, and setting up branches of foreign companies. Foreign investors can invest in cash, in kind, intangible assets, equity, etc. You can also reinvest the profits obtained from foreign-invested enterprises.
QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor) is short for Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor. QFII mechanism refers to the accreditation system for foreign professional investment institutions to invest in China. QFII is a transitional system for a country to introduce foreign capital and open its capital market to a limited extent when its currency is not fully convertible and its capital account is not yet open. This system requires foreign investors to meet certain conditions if they want to enter a country's securities market, remit a certain amount of foreign exchange funds after approval by the relevant departments of the country, and convert them into local currency through a special account under strict supervision to invest in the local securities market.
QDII, the acronym of "qualified domestic institutional investor", refers to the institutional arrangement established in a country under the condition that RMB capital is not convertible and the capital market is not open, and approved by the relevant departments of the country, allowing domestic institutions to invest in securities investment business such as stocks and bonds in overseas capital markets in a controlled manner. The direct purpose of establishing this system is to "further open the capital account to create more foreign exchange demand, make the RMB exchange rate more balanced and market-oriented, and encourage more domestic enterprises to go abroad, thus reducing the trade surplus and capital account surplus", which is directly manifested in allowing domestic investors to directly participate in foreign markets and gain global market benefits.