Numbers on Aug.31-Sep.6   $750 billion By the end of 2006, China had attracted over $750 billion in foreign direct investment since the country first opened its market to the outside world in 1978. In 2006, exports by foreign-invested companies accounted for 58 percent of all Chinese exports and paid 21 percent of all taxes. 500,000 autos China is expected to export 500,000 autos in 2007 with a total value of $5.6 billion, according to China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products.