Total investment in fixed assets of the country stood at 9,132.1 billion yuan in the first half year, a year-on-year rise of 33.5 percent. Of which, investment in fixed assets in urban and rural areas hit 7,809.8 and 1,322.3 billion yuan, climbing 33.6 and 32.7 percent respectively.

Among the urban investment in fixed assets (the same as follows), state-owned and state-holding enterprises invested 3,330.8 billion yuan, surging 41.4 percent; real estate development valued at 1,450.5 billion yuan, went up 9.9 percent.

In terms of jurisdiction of management, central investment stood at 658.6 billion yuan with a year-on-year growth of 28.6 percent; that of local investment totaled 7,151.2 billion yuan, jumping 34.1 percent.

In terms of different industry structures, investments of primary, secondary, and tertiary industry amounted to 142.8, 3395.6 and 4271.4 billion yuan, expanding 68.9, 29.0 and 36.6 percent respectively, year-on-year.

In terms of different industrial sectors, investments of mining and washing of coal stood at 115.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 40.5 percent; that of production and supply of electricity and heat accounting for 438.9 billion yuan, climbing 23.8 percent; that of extraction of petroleum and natural gas grew to 96.0 billion yuan, increasing 0.3 percent; that of railway transport valued at 183.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 126.5 percent; that of manufacture of non-metallic mineral products arrived at 277.7 billion yuan, rose 53.0 percent; that of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals reached 176.9 billion yuan, growing 10.8 percent; and that of smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals hit 123.3 billion yuan, with a rise of 21.8 percent.

In terms of registration status, investments of domestic funds enterprises stood at 7,155.5 billion yuan, surging 37.5 percent over that in the same period last year; that of enterprises with funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan valued at 274.7 billion yuan, was dipping 0.4 percent; and that of foreign funded enterprises standing at 337.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 1.1 percent.

In terms of buildings under and new constructions, the cumulative number of urban construction projects over 500,000 yuan was 275259, a year-on-year increase of 61269; that of total planned sum of investment in project under construction stood at 30,763.0 billion yuan, climbing 36.1 percent; that of number of project started this year valued at 176090, increased 53049; that of total planned investment of newly projects was 7,383.0 billion yuan, a rise of 87.3 percent.

In terms of volume of positioned funds, investment in urban areas hit 9,485.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 39.0 percent. Of which, the volume of positioned funds of domestic loans, and self-rising funds went up 44.6 and 36.4 percent respectively, while that of foreign investment descended 7.4 percent.

(National Bureau of Statistics July 20, 2009)