Foreign direct investment inflows in China rose by 50.6 billion yuan in July, up 5.2% from a year earlier.
Foreign direct investment inflows in June increased by an annual rate of 0.7%.
In the first seven months, foreign direct investment inflows climbed by 7.9% to 471.1 billion yuan.
The biggest contributor was the services sector, up 19.6% from a year earlier.
The most investment came from France.