In the January-June period this year, total fixed asset investments (FAI) (excluding rural households) in China amounted to RMB 24.3113 trillion ($3.4 trillion), up 3.8 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In June alone, FAI in China increased by 0.39 percent month on month.
In the first six months this year, total FAI in China's infrastructure rose by 7.2 percent year on year. Investments in China's mining sector and manufacturing sector in the given period increased by 0.8 percent and 6.0 percent year on year, respectively.