FDI dips for 2nd straight month

Commerce Ministry says decline is not related to anti-monopoly measures

The Commerce Ministry denied on Tuesday any connection between two straight months of decline in foreign direct investment in China and its anti-monopoly measures.

FDI into China fell by 14 percent to $7.2 billion last month from a year earlier, after a 17 percent drop in July. It was the first consecutive double-digit decline since 2009.