OREANDA-NEWS. May 24, 2011. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China grew 26.03 percent year-on-year to reach 38.8 billion U.S. dollars during the first four months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said.
 
In April, the FDI climbed 15.21 percent to 8.46 billion U.S. dollars, down from March's growth of 32.9 percent, MOC spokesman Yao Jian said during a regular briefing.
 
While March saw 2,538 new foreign-invested companies being approved to operate in China, 2,215 foreign-invested companies were approved last month, up 8.21 percent from the same period in 2010.
 
China has approved 8,152 new foreign-invested companies over the past four months, a rise of 8.61 percent year-on-year.