China's outbound investment falls 1.2 pct in first 11 months

BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) dropped 1.2 percent year on year in the first 11 months of the year, official data showed Thursday.

Non-financial ODI in 166 countries and regions amounted to 680.31 billion yuan (about 98.78 billion U.S. dollars) in the period, according to the Ministry of Commerce.