In the January-May period this year, total fixed asset investments (FAI) (excluding rural households) in China amounted to RMB 18.8815 trillion ($2.6 trillion), up 4.0 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In May alone, FAI in China increased by 0.11 percent month on month.
In the first five months this year, total FAI in China's infrastructure rose by 7.5 percent year on year. Investments in China's mining sector and manufacturing sector in the given period decreased by 1.5 percent and increased by 6.0 percent year on year, respectively.