BEIJING, Sept 16 (Reuters) - China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) rose 18.2 percent year-on-year to 473.4 billion yuan ($74.34 billion) in the first eight months of this year from the same period a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Wednesday.
ODI outflows in August grew 7.0 percent from a year earlier to $13.5 billion, the ministry said in a statement issued ahead of a media briefing.
The ministry said last week that the country attracted 525.3 billion yuan or $85.3 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of 2015, up 9.2 percent from a year earlier.
FDI inflows in August rose 22 percent from a year earlier to 54.2 billion yuan or $8.71 billion.
($1 = 6.3682 Chinese yuan) (Reporting By Xiaoyi Shao; Editing by Kim Coghill)