Private Investment in Fixed Assets for the First Four Months of 2015

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2015-05-13 15:54 Print| Large| Medium| Small

In the first four months of 2015, the private investment in fixed assets reached 7,835.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.7 percent in nominal terms, 0.9 percentage points lower than that in the first three months. The proportion of private investment in fixed assets to the total investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) was 65.3 percent, 0.3 percentage points higher over the same period of last year. 

 

 

In term of different areas, the private investment in fixed assets in eastern region amounted to 4,052.5 billion yuan, rose by 12.8 percent year-on-year, decreased 0.8 percentage points over the first three months; that of central region, 2,338.1 billion yuan, surged 16.9 percent, an increase of 0.2 percentage points; that of western region, 1,444.9 billion yuan, increased 6.2 percent, down by 3.2 percentage points.

 

In term of different industries, the private investment in fixed assets in primary industry reached 226.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.7 percent, decreased 4.2 percentage points over the first three months; that in the secondary industry amounted to 3,891.2 billion yuan, increased 11.6 percent, down by 0.6 percentage points; that in the tertiary industry was 3,717.9 billion yuan, went up by 12.7 percent, decreased 1.4 percentage points.

 

Of the secondary industry, industrial private investment in fixed assets reached 3,858.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.7 percent, decreased 0.4 percentage point over the first three months, of which, that of mining industry was 131.6 billion yuan, decreased 9.6 percent, and the pace of decline remained at the same level; that of the manufacturing industry was 3,545.3 billion yuan, increased 11.6 percent, decreased 0.4 percentage points; that of the production and supply of electric power, heat power, gas and water was 182.1 billion yuan, increased 36.3 percent, dropped by 0.3 percentage points.

 

Private Investment in Fixed Assets For the First Four Months of 2015

 

Indicators

Jan-Apr

Absolute Value

Increase rate Y/Y

(100 Million Yuan)

(%)

 

 

 

Private Investment in Fixed Assets

78355

12.7

Grouped by Different Areas

 

 

 Eastern Region

40525

12.8

 Central Region

23381

16.9

 Western Region

14449

6.2

Grouped by Types of Industry

 

 

Primary Industry

2264

33.7

 Secondary Industry

38912

11.6

 Tertiary Industry

37179

12.7

Grouped by Industrial Sectors

 

 

 Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery

2576

32.4

 Mining

1316

-9.6

  Of which: Mining and Washing of Coal

405

-16.8

      Extraction of Petroleum and Natural Gas

36

-32.2

      Ore Mining, Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals

226

-11.9

      Ore Mining, Smelting and Pressing of Non-Ferrous Metal

204

-7.4

      Ore Mining, Processing of Non-Metallic Minerals

401

4.3

 Manufacturing

35453

11.6

  Of which: Manufacture of Non-metallic Mineral Products

3540

11.2

      Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals

768

-11.8

      Smelting and Pressing of Non-Ferrous Metal

1113

6.5

      Manufacture of General Purpose Machinery

2807

9.7

      Manufacture of Special Purpose Machinery

2552

13.3

      Manufacture of automobile

1891

9.3

      Manufacture of railways, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment

530

-4.6

      Manufacture of Electrical Machinery & Equipment

2429

10.2

      Manufacture of Telecommunications Equipment, Computers and Other Electronic Equipment

1470

23.7

 Production and Supply of Electricity ,Gas and Water

1821

36.3

  Of which: Production and Supply of Electric Power and Heat Power

1301

40.7

 Construction

421

4.0

 Transport, Storage and Post

2592

25.6

  Of which: Railway Transportation

65

23.4

      Road Transportation

929

33.0

 Management of Water Conservancy, Environment and Public Facilities

2917

29.6

  Of which: Management on Water Resource

218

27.3

      Management on Public Facilities

2541

29.5

 Education

476

22.7

 Health, Social Works

399

56.5

 Culture, Sports and Entertainment

860

16.2

 Public Management, Social Security and Social Organizations

487

24.8

 

 

 

Notes: For parts of data, the total is not equal to the total of sub-items due to round-off.

 

Annotations:

 

1.    Explanatory Notes on Indicators

 

Private investment in fixed assets refers to the investment in construction and purchase of fixed assets within the territory of the People's Republic of China, by collective, private, and personal domestic enterprises and institutional units as well as the enterprises controlled (including absolutely controlled and relatively controlled) by these units.

 

2.    Statistical Coverage

 

The statistical coverage of private investment in fixed assets is determined according to the types of industrial and commercial registration of the fixed assets investment projects units, which includes:

 

(1) The investment in fixed assets of collective enterprises, joint-stock cooperative enterprises, private enterprises, private partnerships, private limited liability companies, self-employed businessmen, individual partnerships and other pure non-governmental entities with industrial and commercial registration;

 

(2) All the investment in fixed assets of the main investment units, which are controlled by collective enterprises, private enterprises and individuals in the mixed economic components with industrial and commercial registration.

 

3.    Data Collection

 

Private investment in fixed assets is a part of investment in fixed assets, and the reports of private investment on fixed assets are collected monthly with complete enumeration (no report in January), which is the same as the report of investment on fixed assets.

 

4.    Classification on East, Central and West Region

 

Eastern region: including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan. Central region: including Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan. Western region: including Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang.

 

5.    Standard Industrial Classification

 

Since 2012, NBS performed the new standard on industrial classification for national economic activities (GB/T4754-2011), please refer to http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/hyflbz

 

6.    Explanatory Notes on Growth Rate

 

The growth rate of private investment in fixed assets is nominal growth rate, because the price indices of investment in fixed assets are calculated on quarterly basis, except Jan.-Mar., Jan.-Jun., Jan-Sep. and Jan.-Dec., the growth rates in the other months are nominal growth rates.