From Bloomberg:
Foreign direct investment in China fell for an eighth month from a year earlier as companies cut spending to weather the worst economic slump since the Great Depression.
Investment slid 17.8 percent in May to $6.38 billion, the commerce ministry said at a briefing in Beijing today, after falling 22.5 percent in April.
China is relying on government-led spending under a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus plan to revive growth. Investment from abroad may increase when the global economy recovers from what the World Bank forecasts will be a contraction of almost 3 percent this year.
