An ocean shipping cargo ship unloads cargoes at the container terminal of the Port of Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, on July 14, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

BEIJING - China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) reached 640.38 billion yuan in the first 11 months of the year, down 2.9 percent year-on-year, official data showed Thursday.

In US dollar terms, the period's ODI rose 4.3 percent from a year ago to 99.13 billion dollars, according to the Ministry of Commerce.