The Geneva-based United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released a report on January 22 that in 2017, China attracted a foreign direct investment of 144 billion U.S. dollars, a record high, and China continues to be the developing country attracting the most foreign investment and the world's second largest foreign capital inflow countries only after the United States. "Global Investment Trends Monitor" released by UNCTAD the same day shows that the total global foreign direct investment last year dropped 16% over the previous year to 1.52 trillion US dollars. The drop in total foreign direct investment stands in stark contrast to other notable improvements in macroeconomic indicators such as global GDP and trade growth. The report shows that foreign direct investment in developed countries in 2017 dropped by 27% over the previous year, which was the main reason for the decrease in global foreign direct investment last year. Among them, the European region dropped 27%, North America dropped 33%. According to preliminary statistics, foreign direct investment inflows to developing economies in 2017 remained stable at 653 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 2% over 2016. Among them, developing Asian economies attracted 2% of total foreign direct investment growth to 459 billion U.S. dollars, making Asia surpass the EU and North America and re-emerged as the world's largest inflow of foreign capital. The report predicts that as the world economy accelerates, global foreign direct investment is expected to rebound in 2018, rising to almost 1.8 trillion U.S. dollars. However, the strengthening of geopolitical risks and policy uncertainty may affect the recovery of foreign direct investment. In addition, the tax reform in the United States may affect the investment decisions of multinational corporations in the United States, thereby affecting the global investment pattern.