BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) reached 459.71 billion yuan in the first eight months of the year, down 4.3 percent year on year, official data showed Thursday.

In U.S. dollar terms, the period's ODI rose 3.7 percent from a year ago to 71.02 billion dollars, according to the Ministry of Commerce.