China's FDI inflow up 15.6% in Jan-Sept

A clerk counts yuan bank notes and US dollar bills at a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, East China's Anhui province. [Photo/IC]

Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland, in terms of actual use, rose 15.6 percent year-on-year to 1,003.76 billion yuan in the first nine months of 2022, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.

In US dollar terms, the country's actual use of foreign capital grew 18.9 percent.