For the January-May period this year, the foreign direct investment, which excludes investment in the financial sector, came in at $48.9 billion up 2.8 per cent from the same period last year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
FDI from Japan slumped 42.2 per cent from a year ago, while that from the US fell 9.3 per cent.
Investments from the European Union were down 22.1 per cent in the first five months to $2.58 billion, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
FDI into China's service sector rose 19.5 per cent year-on-year to $27.5 billion accounting for 56.2 per cent of the total, while that into the manufacturing sector dropped 16.5 per cent to $17.4 billion.
From January to May, the top five investors in the Chinese mainland were Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, and Japan.
Investment from the ROK and the UK saw the biggest rises, up 87.9 per cent and 62.2 per cent year-on-year respectively.
Investments from the ASEAN dropped 22.3 per cent to $2.54 billion, but MOC spokesman Shen Danyang
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