China's foreign direct investment (FDI) in January-Febuary rose 6.1% from a year earlier to 268.44 billion yuan ($39.06 billion), the commerce ministry said on Friday.

In dollar terms, FDI increased 1% to $39.71 billion in the period. ($1 = 6.8731 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Kim Coghill)