China’s fixed-asset investment up 10.3% from Jan. to July

China’s Fixed-Asset Investment (FAI) went up 10.3 per cent year on year in the first seven months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

According to the NBS, during the January to July period, the FAI amounted to 30.25 trillion yuan (about 4.67 trillion U.S. dollars).

Compared with the 2019 level, the FAI growth came in at 8.7 per cent for the period, while the average January-July growth rate in the recent two years stood at 4.3 per cent.

NBS data showed that the investment by the private sector rose to 13.4 per cent to 17.35 trillion yuan in the first seven months.

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