FDI rebounds slightly in May

China's foreign direct investment inflow stopped its slowdown in May, with an increase of 0.05 percent year on year, signaling foreign investors' growing confidence in the world's second-largest economy.

FDI in China rose to $9.23 billion in May, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on Friday.

For the first five months of the year, FDI inflow dropped 1.91 percent from a year earlier to $47.11 billion.