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Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose by 2.3 percent year-on-year in June to 100.45 billion yuan (14.82 billion US dollars), the Ministry of Commerce said at a press conference on Thursday.

The increase followed two months of consecutive declines, when FDI into the Chinese mainland fell by 3.7 percent year-on-year in May and 4.3 percent year-on-year in April.

In the first six months, FDI inflow shed 0.1 percent from the same period in 2016 to 441.54 billion yuan (65.05 billion US dollars), according to the official data.