China's 2010 FDI hits $105.74 bln, up 17.4% year on year

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose 17.4 percent year on year to 105.74 billion U.S. dollars last year, said Yao Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, Tuesday.

In December alone, China attracted 14.03 billion U.S. dollars worth of FDI, up 15.6 percent from that of 2009.