Vehicles under production are transferred through the office area at the Tiexi Plant of BMW Brilliance Automotive in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 17.4 percent year on year in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.