On September 15, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that from January to August, national fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) reached 32.7042 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%. Among this, manufacturing investment grew by 5.9%, 0.2 percentage points faster than the January-July period. On a month-on-month basis, fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) grew by 0.26% in August. From January to August, private fixed asset investment totaled 16.9479 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.7%.

By industry, investment in the primary industry was 692.8 billion yuan, down 1.3% year-on-year; investment in the secondary industry was 10.252 trillion yuan, up 8.8%; and investment in the tertiary industry was 21.7593 trillion yuan, up 0.9%.

Within the secondary industry, industrial investment grew by 8.8% year-on-year. Among this, investment in mining grew by 2.0%, and investment in the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water grew by 26.5%.

Within the tertiary industry, infrastructure investment (excluding the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water) grew by 6.4% year-on-year. Among this, investment in railway transportation grew by 23.4%, investment in water conservancy management grew by 4.8%, investment in road transportation grew by 1.9%, and investment in public facilities management fell by 0.6%.

By region, investment in the eastern region grew by 5.6% year-on-year, investment in the central region fell by 1.6%, investment in the western region fell by 0.6%, and investment in the northeastern region fell by 3.1%.

By registration type, fixed asset investment by domestic enterprises grew by 3.4% year-on-year, fixed asset investment by Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan enterprises fell by 3.0%, and fixed asset investment by foreign enterprises grew by 2.7%.