China's foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 15.6% from a year earlier in the first nine months of the year to 1 trillion yuan ($138.52 billion) after 16.4% growth in January-August, the Ministry of Commerce told a news conference on Thursday.

China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) rose 8.5% in January-September, the ministry added. ($1 = 7.2191 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; editing by John Stonestreet)