This undated photo shows an aerial view of the Cauchari solar project in Argentina's Jujuy province, which was built by Chinese companies. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) increased 18.4 percent year-on-year to 814.54 billion yuan in the first 11 months of the year, official data showed Thursday.

In US dollar terms, the ODI stood at $115.68 billion in the period, up 12.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Commerce.