China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) dropped 48.8 percent year on year to 20.54 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of this year, official data showed Tuesday.

In March alone, the country's non-financial ODI declined 30.1 percent year on year to 7.11 billion U.S. dollars, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

China aims to create more than 11 million jobs this year, 1 million more than last year's target, according to this year's government work report.

The country added 13.14 million jobs in 2016, and the registered urban jobless rate stood at 4.02 percent at the end of the year.