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

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2015-06-12 16:26 Print| Large| Medium| Small

In the first five months of 2015, the private investment in fixed assets reached 11,202.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.1 percent in nominal terms, 0.6 percentage points lower than that in the first four months, whereas 0.7 percentage points higher than the growth rate of total investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households). The proportion of private investment in fixed assets to the total investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) was 65.4 percent, 0.1 percentage point higher over the first four months.

In term of different areas, the private investment in fixed assets in eastern region amounted to 5,656.3 billion yuan, rose by 12.3 percent year-on-year, decreased 0.5 percentage points over the first four months; that of central region, 3,447.0 billion yuan, surged 16.6 percent, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points; that of western region, 2,098.8 billion yuan, increased 5.1 percent, down by 1.1 percentage points.

In term of different industries, the private investment in fixed assets in primary industry reached 346.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.3 percent, increased 0.6 percentage points over the first four months; that in the secondary industry amounted to 5,612.0 billion yuan, increased 11.2 percent, down by 0.4 percentage points; that in the tertiary industry was 5,243.7 billion yuan, went up by 11.9 percent, decreased 0.8 percentage points.

Of the secondary industry, industrial private investment in fixed assets reached 5,559.0 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.2 percent, decreased 0.5 percentage points over the first four months, of which, that of mining industry was 203.5 billion yuan, decreased 10.0 percent, and the pace of decline expanded by 0.4 percentage points; that of the manufacturing industry was 5,087.3 billion yuan, increased 11.3 percent, decreased 0.3 percentage points; that of the production and supply of electric power, heat power, gas and water was 268.2 billion yuan, increased 34.2 percent, dropped by 2.1 percentage points.

Private Investment in Fixed Assets For the First Five Months of 2015
Indicators	Jan-May
	Absolute Value	Increase rate Y/Y
	(100 Million Yuan)	(%)

Private Investment in Fixed Assets	112022	12.1
Grouped by Different Areas
Eastern Region	56563	12.3
Central Region	34470	16.6
Western Region	20988	5.1
Grouped by Types of Industry
Primary Industry	3464	34.3
Secondary Industry	56120	11.2
Tertiary Industry	52437	11.9
Grouped by Industrial Sectors
Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery	3937	32.9
Mining	2035	-10
Of which: Mining and Washing of Coal	635	-11.7
Extraction of Petroleum and Natural Gas	60	-31.2
Ore Mining, Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals	357	-16.6
Ore Mining, Smelting and Pressing of Non-Ferrous Metal	319	-8.7
Ore Mining, Processing of Non-Metallic Minerals	592	2.5
Manufacturing	50873	11.3
Of which: Manufacture of Non-metallic Mineral Products	5154	10.9
Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals	1063	-9.6
Smelting and Pressing of Non-Ferrous Metal	1596	3.2
Manufacture of General Purpose Machinery	4006	10.4
Manufacture of Special Purpose Machinery	3625	12.6
Manufacture of automobile	2735	8.8
Manufacture of railways, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment	742	-5.5
Manufacture of Electrical Machinery & Equipment	3414	8.4
Manufacture of Telecommunications Equipment, Computers and Other Electronic Equipment	2085	25.9
Production and Supply of Electricity ,Gas and Water	2682	34.2
Of which: Production and Supply of Electric Power and Heat Power	1910	36.9
Construction	669	6.4
Transport, Storage and Post	3780	24.9
Of which: Railway Transportation	86	-7.2
Road Transportation	1347	28.6
Management of Water Conservancy, Environment and Public Facilities	4213	24.6
Of which: Management on Water Resource	319	34.2
Management on Public Facilities	3645	23.7
Education	685	17.5
Health, Social Works	570	53.6
Culture, Sports and Entertainment	1236	14.6
Public Management, Social Security and Social Organizations	694	23.2

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.