The inflow went up 34.2 percent year on year to US$26.07 billion.
Foreign investment in the service industry came in at 141.74 billion yuan during the period, up 48.7 percent year on year.
China's eastern, central and western regions attracted 32.3 percent, 11.1 percent and 50.9 percent, respectively, of the FDI.
FDI into China, in actual use, expanded 6.2 percent year on year to a record high of 999.98 billion yuan in 2020, earlier data showed.