Abstract
With the development of the globalization, foreign direct investment (FDI) has become a hotspot in the Chinese economy which accelerates the progress of science and technology as well as the adjustment of the industrial structure of China. The paper points out the status quo of utilization of FDI in China, including scale of FDI , source of FDI, using FDI by region and industry and the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises of China. Finally, the paper points out some suggestions about how China makes better use of FDI, including promoting the regional coordinated development and optimizing the industrial structure of FDI.