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China's Jan-April ODI up 3.9%

China's outbound direct investment across all industries reached 429.42 billion yuan ($62.88 billion) during the first four months, representing an increase of 3.9 percent year-on-year, said the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Of ODI across all industries in yuan terms, China's domestic investors made nonfinancial direct investment in 5,231 overseas companies across 142 countries and regions, with the investment value totaling 315.74 billion yuan.

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