Total Investment in Fixed Assets Kept Surging in the First Quarter

Total investment in fixed assets in the whole country stood at 2,184.5 billion yuan in the first quarter, a rise of 24.6 percent, year-on-year. of which, investment in fixed assets in urban areas hit 1,831.7 billion yuan, climbing 25.9 percent; that of in rural areas reached 352.9 billion yuan, rose 18.3 percent.

Among the completed urban investment in fixed assets (the same as follows), state-owned and state-holding enterprises invested 729.0 billion yuan, surging 17.1 percent; real estate development valued at 468.8 billion yuan, up 32.3 percent.

In terms of jurisdiction of management, central investment stood at 161.6 billion yuan with growth rate of 14.0 percent as compared with previous year; that of local investment totaled 1,670.1 billion yuan, jumping 27.2 percent.

In terms of different industry structures, investments of primary, secondary, and tertiary industry amounted to 17.9, 803.1, and 1,010.6 billion yuan, expanding 80.8, 25.9, and 25.3 percent respectively, year-on-year.

In terms of different sectors, investments of mining and washing of coal stood at 17.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 41.7 percent; that of production and supply of electricity and gas accounting for 117.9 billion yuan, climbing 3.1 percent; that of extraction of petroleum and natural gas grew to 26.4 billion yuan, increasing 14.8 percent; railway transport valued at 27.0 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.2 percent; that of manufacture of non-metallic mineral products arrived at 48.6 billion yuan, rose 48.3 percent; that of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals reached 50.2 billion yuan, growing 26.0 percent; and that of smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals hit 27.4 billion yuan, a rise of 43.6 percent, year-on-year.

In terms of registration status, investments of domestic funds enterprises stood at 1,596.7 billion yuan, surging 27.0 percent over that in the same period last year; that of enterprises with funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan valued at 98.4 billion yuan, rising 18.8 percent; and that of foreign funded enterprises standing at 129.0 billion yuan, up 19.2 percent, year-on-year.

In terms of buildings under and new constructions, by the end of March, the cumulative number of urban construction projects over 500,000 yuan was 108,404, a year-on-year increase of 15,479; that of total planned sum of investment in project under construction stood at 16,927.8 billion yuan, climbing 19.5 percent; that of number of project started this year valued at 38,530, increased 7,413; that of total planned investment of newly projects was 1,207.5 billion yuan, a decline of 4.4 percent.

In terms of volume of positioned funds, investment in urban areas hit 2,612.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 25.2 percent. Of which, domestic loans, foreign investment, and self-rising funds rising 20.6, 6.5, and 30.0 percent respectively, year-on-year.