Foreign direct investment in China maintained its upward momentum in August as it rose 0.62 percent from a year earlier to $8.38 billion, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

The first eight months saw FDI inflow register growth of 6.37 percent year-on-year to $79.77 billion. The inflow reversed a sliding trend in February and since then has maintained growth.

China's non-financial outward direct investment surged 18.5 percent year-on-year to $56.5 billion in the January-August period.