In the January-September period this year, total fixed asset investments (FAI) (excluding rural households) in China amounted to RMB 37.5035 trillion ($5.2 trillion), up 3.1 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In September alone, FAI in China rose by 0.15 percent month on month.
In the first nine months this year, total FAI in China's infrastructure rose by 6.2 percent year on year. Investments in China's mining sector and manufacturing sector in the given period increased by 1.6 percent and 6.2 percent year on year, respectively.