MNI: It is "too early to say" that China has.........>

MNI: It is "too early to say" that China has entered the stage where capital

outflows will always exceed capital inflows, Commerce Minister Gao Feng said at

a press briefing on Thursday. Although China has placed the same level of

importance on both goods exports and capital exports, it still lags behind

traditional "net capital outflow countries" in terms of the amount of its

overseas direct investments. "Chinese companies going abroad is still at an

early stage," he said. "The Chinese government will continue to support and

guide real and legal outbound investments of qualified companies in order to

enhance the quality and efficiency of China's outbound investments."