In January-September 2013, Chinese investors made direct investment overseas in 3,890 enterprises in 156 countries and regions. Direct investment overseas amounted to US$ 61.64 billion, up by 17.4% year-on-year. Of which equity investments and other investments were US$ 48.59 billion, accounting for 78.8%, and earnings reinvested were US$ 13.05 billion, accounting for 21.2%. As of the end of September, China’s non-financial direct investment overseas totaled US$ 497.1 billion.