China's outbound direct investment in B&R countries up 8.1 pct in January

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) in 47 countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative rose 8.1 percent year on year to 1.33 billion U.S. dollars in January this year, data showed Thursday.

China's non-financial ODI in 973 overseas companies in 137 countries and regions stood at 9.19 billion U.S. dollars last month, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.