China July FDI +15.8 % y/y in yuan terms

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose 0.5% in the first seven months of this year from a year earlier, to 535.65 billion yuan ($77.16 billion), a commerce ministry official said on Thursday.

In July alone, FDI jumped 15.8% from a year earlier, to 63.47 billion yuan, Zong Changqing, director of the foreign investment department at the ministry told a news conference.