China rose to the position of the second-largest source of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first time in 2016, a report showed Thursday.

 

一份报告显示，2016年中国首次成为第二大对外直接投资国。

 

FDI outflows from China increased 44 percent year on year to 183 billion U.S. dollars last year, driven by a surge in cross-border mergers¹ and acquisitions by Chinese firms, according to the World Investment Report 2017.

 

The report was jointly² released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation under the Ministry³ of Commerce.

 

The United States remained the largest investor⁴ worldwide, while the Netherlands ranked third.

 

In 2016, China's FDI outflows were 36 percent more than the amount of its inflows, according to the report.

 

The country remained the largest investor in the least developed countries, far ahead of France and the United States.

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