Mr. Stephen Olson, Managing Director of Asia, ESI visited CDI and was welcomed by Vice President Qu Jian, along with Ms Feng Yueqiu, Director of International Cooperation Department. Dr. Qu answered questions towards foreign direct investment (FDI) raised by Mr. Olson one by one. Dr. Qu also analyzed the reasons why FDI made such a great success in China and the challenges of FDI in different phases from various aspects including the history of China’s FDI policies and its evolvement especially after China entered WTO, the preferential policies for foreign investment enterprises, the role of SEZ, etc.