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imageBEIJING: Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China jumped more than 10 percent year-on-year in April, the commerce ministry, accelerating significantly from previous months despite slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.

FDI, which excludes financial sectors, rose 10.5 percent to $9.61 billion, the ministry said, after rises of 2.2 percent in March and only 0.9 percent in February.

For the first four months of the year, it increased 11.1 percent to $44.49 billion, the ministry said, describing it as "stable" in a statement.

In the January-April period, investment from the 28-member European Union rose 22.2 percent to $2.52 billion,

But from Japan it fell 7.8 percent to $1.44 billion, and from the US it slumped 28.4 percent to $880 million.

China drew a total of $119.6 billion of FDI in 2014, up 1.7 percent, while overseas direct investment (ODI) surged to $102.9 billion, rising 14.1 percent and passing the $100 billion mark for the first time as Chinese companies look elsewhere with the economy slowing at home.

China's economy expanded 7.4 percent last year, the slowest since 1990, and growth weakened further to 7.0 percent in the January-March period, the worst quarterly result in six years.

Authorities have taken a series of steps to stimulate the economy, including a third interest rate cut in six months at the weekend.

ODI rose 36.1 percent to $34.97 billion in January-April, the ministry said.

Investment into the European Union rose 487 percent, largely due to a previously announced petrochemical deal in the Netherlands, and it increased 33.5 percent into the US, but into Australia it plummeted 65 percent, the ministry said without giving totals.

It did not immediately provide monthly figures for April's ODI.

China's appeal as an investment destination has been declining in recent years owing to rising labour and land costs, competition from Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, and concerns over official investigations.

At the same time China has been actively acquiring foreign assets, particularly energy and resources, to power its economy, with firms encouraged to make overseas acquisitions to gain market access and international experience.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015

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