| China's overseas investment in 2005 hits new high |
BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's direct investment overseas hit a new high of 12.26 billion U.S. dollars in 2005, exceeding 10billion dollars for the first time, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.
The figure, which excludes investment in the financial sector, rose 123 percent over that of 2004, the ministry said in a statistical bulletin on China's overseas investment in 2005.
Out of the number, 3.8 billion dollars came from capital stocks,3.2 billion from reinvested profits and the remaining 5.26 billion dollars were invested through other forms.
By the end of 2005, China's aggregated direct overseas investment reached 57.2 billion U.S. dollars, representing 0.59 percent of the world's total overseas investment. Enditem
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