BEIJING — China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) went down 3.1 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of the year, official data showed on Dec 31. 

The ODI amounted to 659.36 billion yuan (about $95.08 billion) in the period, according to the Ministry of Commerce. 

Major overseas engineering projects increased. The contract value of newly signed overseas projects came in at about 1.38 trillion yuan during the January-November period, down 3.7 percent year-on-year.

China added $15.96 billion of non-financial ODI into countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, up 24.9 percent year-on-year.

The figure accounted for 16.8 percent of the total ODI during the period, up 3.9 percentage points from the same period last year.

Outbound investment mainly flowed to sectors including manufacturing, wholesale and retail industries, as well as software and information technology service industries.

The ODI flowing to the manufacturing industries amounted to $15.76 billion, accounting for 16.6 percent of the total ODI during the period.

From January to November, the ODI made by local enterprises reached $69.8 billion, up by 12.2 percent year-on-year.