In the first nine months of this year, the national investment in fixed assets totaled 4510.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 27.7% which was 0.9 percentage point lower than the rise of the first half of this year. Specifically speaking, the investment in urban area was 3802.8 billion yuan, up 29.9% which was 0.4 percentage point lower than the rise of the first eight months and down by 1.1 percentage points in the rise over the first half of this year; that in rural area was 707.4 billion yuan, up 16.9% which was 0.4 percentage point lower than the rise of the first half of this year. Among the investment in urban area, the investment from the state-owned and state share-holding enterprises totaled 2191.3 billion yuan, up 24.9%; that in residential buildings was 706.5 billion yuan, up 26.0%.

    Analyzed by three-category industry division, the investment in primary industry reached 40.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 21.4% which was 5.1 percentage points higher than the rise of the first eight months; that in the secondary industry was 1515.2 billion yuan, up 42.4% which was up by 0.7 percentage point. Specifically speaking, that in the industry was 1461.2 billion yuan, up 42.8% which was up by 0.7 percentage point. That in the tertiary industry totaled 2246.7 billion yuan, up 22.8% which was down by 1.1 percentage points.

    Analyzed by industrial branch, the investment in the non-metal mining and its products was 81.5 billion yuan, up 50.1% which was 1.6 percentage points lower than the rise of the first eight months; that in the ferrous metal mining and smelting & pressing of ferrous metals reached 135.3 billion yuan, up 40.4% which was 5.8 percentage points lower in the rise; that in the production and supply of electric power, coal gas and water was 348.4 billion yuan, up 48.2% which was 0.6 percentage point lower in the rise.; that in the petroleum processing and coking registered 43.5 billion yuan, up 123.3% which was 4.2 percentage points lower in the rise.

    Analyzed by ownership type, the investment from the domestic-funded enterprises reached 3293.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 27.8% which was 0.8 percentage points lower than the rise of the first eight months of this year; that from the Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan investment enterprises was 202.5 billion yuan, up 35.8% which was 1.7 percentage points higher in the rise; that from the foreign-funded enterprises was 257.9 billion yuan, up 59.9% which was 1.6 percentage points higher; that from the individuals was 49.1 billion yuan, up 22.3% which was 10.7 percentage points higher.

    Analyzed by region, the investment in the eastern region was 2139.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 28.8%; that in the central region was 782.5 billion yuan, up 31.9%; that in the western region was 805.5 billion yuan, up 34.0%. The investment rises in the eastern, central and western regions went down by 0.4, 0.5 and 0.3 percentage points in the rise over the first eight months of this year.

    Regarding the new-started projects, the accumulated number of new-started projects in urban area reached 108154, up by 7323 over the same period of last year.

    As for the investment in real estate development, that in the real estate development totaled 835.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 28.3% which was 0.5 percentage point lower than the rise of the first eight months of this year.

    Analyzed by the funds for fixed assets investment actually reaching the corresponding projects, that in urban area totaled 4234.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 31.8% which was down by 0.5 percentage point over the first eight months of this year. Specifically speaking, the domestic funds for fixed assets investment actually reaching the corresponding projects was 891.8 billion yuan, up 18.5% which was down by 1.9 percentage points; the fund-raising actually reaching the projects was 2161.2 billion yuan, up 38.2% which was 0.3 percentage points higher in the rise.