(Yicai Global) April 15 -- China's foreign direct investment fell 14.1 percent in yuan terms in March because of the disruption caused by the novel coronavirus.

FDI was CNY81.78 billion (USD11.6 billion) in last month, the commerce ministry said today. That was almost 11.3 percentage points below February’s figure.

In the first quarter, FDI dropped 10.8 percent to CNY216.1 billion (USD30.6 billion).