In the January-March period this year, total fixed asset investments (FAI) (excluding rural households) in China amounted to RMB 10.2708 trillion ($1.5 trillion), up 1.7 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
In the first three months, total FAI in China's infrastructure increased by 8.9 percent year on year. Fixed asset investments in China's mining sector and manufacturing sector in the given period increased by 15.0 percent and 4.1 percent year on year, respectively.