BEIJING: China's foreign direct investment in May increased 7.8 percent to 57.4 billion yuan ($9.25 billion) from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry did not provide a growth figure in dollar tems.

In the first five months of the year, FDI grew 10.5 percent from a year earlier to 331.0 billion yuan.

Non-financial outbound direct investment increased 47.4 percent to 278.4 billion yuan over the same period.

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