ODI could exceed inbound FDI for the first time this year as companies diversified their activity around the world from infrastructure projects to technology and brands.
It will reinforce investors' fears that the economy is losing momentum and add to bets that more strong stimulus measures are on the cards.
China had 7.85 million small and micro-sized enterprises as of the end of 2013 in the industrial and tertiary sectors, accounting for 95.6 percent of the total.
China's manufacturing activity dropped to a seven-month low, according to the HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) released on Tuesday.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland jumped 22.2 percent in November from a year earlier, settling at $10.36 billion, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
The tertiary industry has become an important driving power of China's economy and a key to stabilize the labor market.
China's industrial output grew 7.2 percent year on year in November, down from a 7.7 percent increase in October and 8 percent growth in September.
China's retail sales rose 12 percent year on year to $3.87 trillion in the first eleven months.
China's fixed asset investment rose 15.8 percent from one year earlier to $7.40 trillion in the first 11 months of 2014.
China's fiscal revenue rose 9.1 percent year on year in November to $162.6 billion, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.
China's producer price index, which measures inflation at wholesale level, dropped 2.7 percent year on year in November.
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, grew 1.4 percent year on year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.
Chinese service industry grew at a solid pace last month that was little-changed from October, data company Markit said Wednesday in a statement.
The manufacturing purchasing manager's index, a key measure of factory activity in China, posted at 50.3 in November, down 0.5 percentage points from October.
Profits of Chinese industrial businesses hit 575.47 billion yuan ($94.34 billion) in October, down 2.1 percent year on year.
China's service trade deficit reached 105.6 billion yuan ($17.25 billion) in October, compared with 133.4 billion yuan in September.
Stockpiles of imported iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports rose 0.78 percent over the week ending Nov 24 following a week of low demand.
State-owned enterprises in China recorded total profits of 2.084 trillion yuan ($339.41 billion) for the first 10 months this year, indicating a 6.1 percent year-on-year increase.
China's manufacturing activity moderated to a six-month low. The HSBC flash manufacturing PMI for November dropped to 50.0 from the October final reading of 50.4.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 1.3 percent in October from a year earlier, standing at $8.53 billion.