China's ODI up 5.1 pct in Jan.-Sept.

BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) rose 5.1 percent in the first three quarters of 2018, official data showed Wednesday.

Domestic investors made 82.02 billion U.S. dollars of non-financial ODI in 4,597 overseas enterprises in 155 countries and regions in the first nine months, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.