{"id":"china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","language":"en","title":"China fixed-asset investment falls 7.2% in January-August","summary":"Infrastructure investment was down 4.0%, and private investment contracted 10.1%.","body":["China’s fixed-asset investment excluding rural households totaled 29.31 trillion yuan in January-August, down 7.2% year over year on a comparable basis, the National Bureau of Statistics reported on 16 September. Investment fell 0.5% month over month in August.","The secondary sector’s investment declined 2.9%, and tertiary-sector investment fell 9.9%. Infrastructure investment was down 4.0%, while private investment fell 10.1%. The statistical coverage includes fixed-asset projects with planned investment of at least 5 million yuan and all real-estate development projects."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"China fixed-asset investment falls 7.2% in January-August\n\nInfrastructure investment was down 4.0%, and private investment contracted 10.1%.\n\nChina’s fixed-asset investment excluding rural households totaled 29.31 trillion yuan in January-August, down 7.2% year over year on a comparable basis, the National Bureau of Statistics reported on 16 September. Investment fell 0.5% month over month in August.\n\nThe secondary sector’s investment declined 2.9%, and tertiary-sector investment fell 9.9%. Infrastructure investment was down 4.0%, while private investment fell 10.1%. The statistical coverage includes fixed-asset projects with planned investment of at least 5 million yuan and all real-estate development projects.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-16","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"National Bureau of Statistics of China","url":"https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260916_1965343.html","publishedAt":"2026-09-16","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/china-fixed-investment-january-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}