Inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to China would grow by 6 percent this year, an official think tank, the China State Information Centre, said this week.

State-run newspaper China Securities Times also quoted the centre saying China’s outbound investments would expand 16 percent in 2016.

“Although China will face a series of complex conditions in both domestic and overseas markets, its efforts in pursuing reforms have been strengthening, leading to relatively fast growth in FDI and outbound investments,” it said.

The centre also proposed the world’s second largest economy should continue improving its investment environment for foreign businesses and guide the inflows of investments.

Official figures show FDI in the non-financial sector in China increased by 6.4 percent from the previous year, to US$126.27 billion in 2015. China’s outbound direct investments leapt 14.7 percent year-on-year to US$118 billion last year.