China's overseas investment nearly triple in Q3

China's overseas investment in non-financial sectors nearly tripled in the third quarter from the same period last year, the government said Tuesday, as the Asian giant rebounded from the global crisis. Investment in mining, manufacturing and other non-financial sectors reached 20.5 billion dollars from July to September, up 190.4 percent on- year, the commerce ministry said in a statement on its website. That compared with a total of 32.9 billion dollars pumped into overseas non-financial sectors in the first nine months of 2009 , an increase of 0.5 percent on the same period a year ago, it said.