BEIJING: China became one of the world’s top three investors for the first time last year as its foreign investment soared to a new record, the government said on Monday.

The Asian giant’s overseas direct investment rose 17.6 percent last year from 2011 to $87.8 billion, according to a statement jointly released by the Ministry of Commerce, the National Bureau of Statistics and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

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