China attracted 59.91 billion yuan ($8.70 billion) in foreign direct investment in April, down 4.3% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Thursday. The figure was down from March's CNY87.83 billion, which was 6.7% higher from a year earlier. FDI in the January-April period edged down 0.1% compared with a year ago at CNY 286.41 billion. The ministry didn't release dollar-term figures.via