Investments projects, approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) to grant investment incentives. In 1995, one year after the enactment of the Law on Investment, the investment amount approved by the CDC totaled some 2.3 billion dollars. The investment approval has reached 25.75 billion US dollar. In 2008, approved investment has remarkably been increased to 10.89 billion US dollar in which agriculture sector is attracting upto 106.73 million US dollar, while tourism and services sector are reaching upto 8.77 billion US dollar and 1.29 billion US dollar respectively.

Of the cumulative FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) approved in this period, the largest share was from China (23.97 percent), which in the early years was the source of extensive investment in the field of resource development, including rubber, and tourism. China is followed by Korea at 10.68 percent. The other major sources are Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand, whose investment comes mainly from garment industry companies.