Total Investment in Fixed Assets in Urban Areas Kept Surging in from January to July

From January to July, total investment in fixed assets in urban areas stood at 7,216.0 billion yuan, a rise of 27.3 percent, year-on-year. Of which, state-owned and state-holding enterprises invested 2,940.4 billion yuan, surging 20.9 percent; real estate development valued at 1,588.4 billion yuan, up 30.9 percent.

In terms of jurisdiction of management, central investment stood at 667.9 billion yuan with growth rate of 25.3 percent as compared with previous year; that of local investment totaled 6,548.1 billion yuan, jumping 27.5 percent.

In terms of different industry structures, investments of primary, secondary, and tertiary industry amounted to 107.6, 3,260.6 and 3,847.8 billion yuan, expanding 61.9, 27.9 and 26.0 percent respectively, year-on-year.

In terms of different sectors, investments of mining and washing of coal stood at 104.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 37.5 percent; that of production and supply of electricity and heat accounting for 439.8 billion yuan, climbing 10.1 percent; that of extraction of petroleum and natural gas grew to 126.5 billion yuan, increasing 33.5 percent; that of railway transport valued at 105.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 35.8 percent; that of manufacture of non-metallic mineral products arrived at 224.2 billion yuan, rose 46.7 percent; that of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals reached 198.6 billion yuan, growing 31.6 percent; and that of smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals hit 124.6 billion yuan, a rise of 40.5 percent, year-on-year.

In terms of registration status, investments of domestic funds enterprises stood at 6,433.0 billion yuan, surging 28.2 percent over that in the same period last year; that of enterprises with funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan valued at 335.6 billion yuan, rising 19.7 percent; and that of foreign funded enterprises standing at 409.3 billion yuan, up 19.8 percent, year-on-year.

In terms of buildings under and new constructions, by the end of July, the cumulative number of urban construction projects over 500,000 yuan was 238455, a year-on-year increase of 20606; that of total planned sum of investment in project under construction stood at 23,896.0 billion yuan, climbing 17.4 percent; that of number of project started this year valued at 144467, increased 12368; that of total planned investment of newly projects was 4,674.2 billion yuan, a decline of 2.9 percent.

In terms of volume of positioned funds, investment in urban areas hit 8,205.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 24.1 percent. Of which, domestic loans, foreign investment, and self-rising funds rising 15.3, 3.3 and 31.7 percent respectively, year-on-year.