China's foreign direct investment inflow stopped its slowdown in May, with an increase of 0.05 percent year on year, signaling foreign investors' growing confidence in the world's second-largest economy.

FDI in China rose to $9.23 billion in May, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on Friday.

For the first five months of the year, FDI inflow dropped 1.91 percent from a year earlier to $47.11 billion.