China's foreign direct
investment for the January-April period rose 10.17 percent from a year earlier,
the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday.
Investment for the first four months totalled US$20.36 billion, the ministry
said. Foreign investment growth for the period was slower than the 11.6 percent
registered in the first quarter of 2006, pulled down by slower growth in April.
For April, foreign direct investment totaled US$4.47 billion, up 5.5 percent
from a year ago, according to the ministry.