China's Q1 FDI jumps 11.3%

Foreign direct investment (FDI) on the Chinese mainland jumped 11.3 percent year on year in the first three months of 2015, settling at 34.88 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Thursday.

The pace slowed from the 17 percent increase registered in January-February period, however, it far exceeded the annual growth rate posted for 2014 of 1.7 percent.