From January to May, the national fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) reached 20,596.4 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2 percent year on year. Among them, the private fixed asset investment was 11,712.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1 percent. On a month-on-month basis, investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) increased by 0.72 percent in May.

By industry, the investment in the primary industry was 525 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8 percent; the investment in the secondary industry was 6,391.7 billion yuan, an increase of 11.0 percent; and the investment in the tertiary industry was 13,679.6 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1 percent.

In the secondary industry, industrial investment increased by 11.1 percent year-on-year. Among them, investment in mining industry increased by 17.3 percent, investment in manufacturing industry increased by 10.6 percent, and investment in power, heat, gas and water production and supply industry increased by 11.5 percent.

In the tertiary industry, infrastructure investment (excluding power, heat, gas and water production and supply) increased by 6.7 percent year-on-year. Among them, investment in water conservancy management increased by 11.8 percent, investment in public facilities management increased by 7.9 percent, investment in road transport decreased by 0.3 percent, and investment in railway transport decreased by 3.0 percent.

By region, investment in the eastern region increased by 5.0 percent year-on-year, that in the central region increased by 10.9 percent, that in the western region increased by 7.9 percent, and that in the northeast region decreased by 4.4 percent.

According to the types of registration, the investment of domestic enterprises increased by 6.3 percent year-on-year, that of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan enterprises increased by 7.8 percent, and that of foreign enterprises decreased by 2.2 percent.