Aerial photo taken on Sept. 24, 2020 shows containers at Dalian port in northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Photo: Xinhua)

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) went down 3.7 percent year on year in the first half of this year, official data showed Thursday.

The ODI amounted to 348.8 billion yuan during the period. In U.S. dollar terms, the ODI went up 4.7 percent to 53.9 billion dollars, according to the Ministry of Commerce.