The Zhitong Finance App learned that on July 15, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on the operation of the national economy in the first half of 2026. Mao Shengyong, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at the conference that in the first half of this year, fixed asset investment reached 22.6 trillion yuan. Judging from the investment data for the first half of the year, investment played a huge role in promoting the development of new quality productivity, technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and improvement of people's livelihood and welfare. Among them, investment in emerging sectors continues to “increase momentum”. All regions closely follow the deployment and requirements of developing new quality productivity according to local conditions, continue to increase investment in emerging industries, and lay out future industrial circuits. Investment in fields such as new energy, artificial intelligence, and integrated circuits is clearly growing. In the first half of the year, investment in high-tech industries increased 4.6% year-on-year, while investment in integrated circuit manufacturing, electronic special materials manufacturing, and lithium-ion battery manufacturing increased by 8.8%, 10%, and 24.4%, respectively. Corporate investment is increasing more and more in innovation. This characteristic is very obvious. In the first half of the year, investment in intellectual property products increased 9.4% year-on-year, 1.5 percentage points faster than in the first quarter. The growth of intellectual property products, including R&D and the digital economy, continued to accelerate and maintain a high level of growth. The optimized implementation of large-scale equipment renewal policies has stimulated the need for enterprise transformation and upgrading. Investment in the purchase of equipment and tools increased by 8.1% in the first half of the year.

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on July 15, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on the operation of the national economy in the first half of 2026. Mao Shengyong, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at the conference that in the first half of this year, fixed asset investment reached 22.6 trillion yuan. Judging from the investment data for the first half of the year, investment played a huge role in promoting the development of new quality productivity, technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and improvement of people's livelihood and welfare. Among them, investment in emerging sectors continues to “increase momentum”. All regions closely follow the deployment and requirements of developing new quality productivity according to local conditions, continue to increase investment in emerging industries, and lay out future industrial circuits. Investment in fields such as new energy, artificial intelligence, and integrated circuits is clearly growing. In the first half of the year, investment in high-tech industries increased 4.6% year-on-year, while investment in integrated circuit manufacturing, electronic special materials manufacturing, and lithium-ion battery manufacturing increased by 8.8%, 10%, and 24.4%, respectively. Corporate investment is increasing more and more in innovation. This characteristic is very obvious. In the first half of the year, investment in intellectual property products increased 9.4% year-on-year, 1.5 percentage points faster than in the first quarter. Growth in intellectual property products, including R&D and the digital economy, continued to accelerate and maintain a high level of growth. The optimized implementation of large-scale equipment renewal policies has stimulated the need for enterprise transformation and upgrading. Investment in the purchase of equipment and tools increased by 8.1% in the first half of the year.