Total investment in fixed assets of the country stood at 3,708.2 billion yuan from January to April, a year-on-year rise of 30.5 percent. Of which, state-owned and state-holding enterprises invested 1,605.5 billion yuan, surging 39.3 percent; real estate development valued at 729.0 billion yuan, went up 4.9 percent.

In terms of jurisdiction of management, central investment stood at 346.6 billion yuan with a year-on-year growth of 29.3 percent; that of local investment totaled 3,361.7 billion yuan, jumping 30.6 percent.

In terms of different industry structures, investments of primary, secondary, and tertiary industry amounted to 58.3, 1599.2 and 2050.7 billion yuan, expanding 82.1, 27.8 and 31.6 percent respectively, year-on-year.

In terms of different sectors, investments of mining and washing of coal stood at 46.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 36.6 percent; that of production and supply of electricity and heat was accounting for 210.7 billion yuan, climbing 18.0 percent; that of extraction of petroleum and natural gas grew to 49.2 billion yuan, increasing 10.1 percent; railway transport valued at 96.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 94.2 percent; that of manufacture of non-metallic mineral products arrived at 124.5 billion yuan, rose 58.6 percent; that of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals reached 81.8 billion yuan, growing 4.7 percent; and that of smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals hit 55.6 billion yuan, with a rise of 26.3 percent.

In terms of registration status, investments of domestic funds enterprises stood at 3,362.4 billion yuan, surging 34.6 percent year-on-year; that of enterprises with funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan valued at 143.9 billion yuan, rising 0.3 percent; and that of foreign funded enterprises standing at 184.3 billion yuan, reduced 1.2 percent year-on-year.

In terms of construction and new starting projects, the cumulative number of urban construction projects was accounting for 172473, a year-on-year increase of 34597; that of total planned investment of construction project stood at 24,889.3 billion yuan, climbing 29.8 percent year-on-year; that of number of project started this year valued at 86420, increased 26744 year-on-year; that of total planned investment of new starting projects amounted to 3,679.7 billion yuan, a rise of 90.7 percent year-on-year.

In terms of volume of positioned funds, investment in urban areas hit 5,003.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 34.6 percent. Of which, the volume of positioned funds of domestic loans and self-rising funds increased 31.2 and 37.4 percent respectively, while that of foreign investment fell 0.7 percent.

(National Bureau of Statistics May 13, 2009)