Brief Introduction

I. Main Contents

Statistics in this chapter describe activities on the construction and purchase of fixed assets of the whole country during a given period of time, and reflect the size, growth, structure, ratio, and financing of the investment in fixed assets, as well as increased production capacity of main  products during the reference period.

II. Scope of Statistics

Statistics on the investment in fixed assets cover investments in capital construction projects, investments in real estate development, and rural household investment.

III. Sources of Data

Data on trans-provincial projects are provided by various departments under the State Council. Data on investments in fixed assets by rural households are provided by the Department of Rural Social and Economic Survey of the NBS through its rural household survey. Other data on investments in fixed assets are from surveys conducted by the Department of Investment and Construction Statistics of the NBS.

IV. Methodology of Data Collection

All data on investments in fixed assets are collected by the system of reporting form with complete enumeration, except data on investments in fixed assets by rural household, which are collected through sample surveys.

V. Changes in Statistical Scope

Since 1997, the cut-off point of projects covered by statistics of investment in fixed assets are raised from an investment of 50,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan, except for the investment in real estate development, non-household investment in rural areas, rural household investment, and private investment in housing construction in urban areas and industrial and mining areas.

Since 2006, statistics on non-household investments in fixed assets in rural areas have changed to project-based. Survey method has changed from sample survey to the system of reporting form with complete enumeration. The cut-off point has been raised to 500,000 yuan.

Since 2006, statistics on private investment in housing construction in urban areas and industrial and mining areas have become project-based. The cut-off point has been raised to 500,000 yuan.

Since 2011, the cut-off size of project investment in fixed assets rose from a total planned investment above 500,000 yuan to 5 million yuan, except for real estate investment and investment by rural households.

For the convenience of comparison，the growth rate are calculated at comparable coverage.

VI. Revision of Content

In order to further implement the New Development Principles, better reflect the changes in economic structure and quality, and reflect the key role of investment in optimizing the supply structure, revisions are made in this chapter of fixed assets investment by increasing several columns in tables, such as growth rate by fields (infrastructure, manufacturing, real estate development), growth rate of non-governmental investment, and growth rate by three strata of industries. Since China Statistical Yearbook 2019, the content of tables are mainly about the growth rate of fixed assets investment in each group compared with the preceding year, reflecting the situation of fixed assets investment and policy effects through the change of growth rate.