China reports stable growth in outbound direct investment

BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) in 143 countries and regions amounted to 25.21 billion U.S. dollars in the Jan.-March period, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

The ODI, which was invested in 2,060 overseas companies, increased by 4.8 percent year on year in yuan terms, data from the ministry showed Tuesday.