China's Overseas Investment Surged in 2010

Newly released figures show China's outbound direct investment surged 22 percent year-on-year to nearly $70 billion U.S. dollars last year, recording¹ growth for the ninth straight year.

The commerce ministry² says China's 2010 outbound direct investment accounted for 5.2 percent of global capital flows and exceeded that of both Japan and the United Kingdom for the first time.

For more on China's overseas investment, we are now joined on line with Patrick Chovanec of the School of Economics and Management in Tsinghua University.

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。