National Bureau of Statistics: From January to July, the country's fixed asset investment of 26,32.8 billion yuan fell 6.7% year-on-year

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on August 17, the National Bureau of Statistics released the basic situation of national fixed asset investment from January to July 2026. From January to July, the country's fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) was 26,32.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.7% (based on a comparable scale). Among them, investment in intellectual property products increased 9.1% year over year. By industry, investment in the primary sector was 532.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5%; investment in the secondary sector was 977.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.1%; and investment in the tertiary sector was 15729 billion yuan, a decrease of 9.5%.

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The basic situation of national fixed asset investment from January to July 2026

From January to July, the country's fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) was 26,32.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.7% (based on a comparable scale; see note 7 for details). Among them, investment in intellectual property products increased 9.1% year over year.

By industry, investment in the primary sector was 532.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5%; investment in the secondary sector was 977.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.1%; and investment in the tertiary sector was 15729 billion yuan, a decrease of 9.5%.

Industrial investment fell 2.1% year over year. Among them, investment in mining increased by 3.3%, investment in manufacturing decreased by 1.7%, and investment in electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply decreased by 5.3%.

Infrastructure investment (see note 1 for details) declined 3.6 per cent year over year. Among them, investment in the information transmission industry increased by 26.0%, investment in water transport increased by 16.2%, and investment in air transport increased by 15.7%.

By region, investment in the eastern region fell 8.6% year on year, investment in the central region fell 6.4%, investment in the western region fell 8.6%, and investment in the northeast region fell 24.6%.

By registration statistics category, fixed asset investment by domestic enterprises decreased by 6.4% year on year, fixed asset investment by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investors decreased by 8.1%, and fixed asset investment by foreign-invested enterprises decreased by 5.4%.

From January to July, private fixed asset investment fell 9.4% year on year. On a month-on-month basis, fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) fell by 1.42% in July.

This article was compiled from the official website of the “National Bureau of Statistics”, Zhitong Finance Editor: Feng Qiuyi.