In the first half of this year, the national fixed assets investment totaled 2608.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 28.6% which was 14.4 percentage points lower than that of the first quarter. Specifically speaking, the investment in urban area reached 2184.4 billion yuan, up 31% which was 16.8 percentage points lower; that in rural area was 423.8 billion yuan, up 17.3% which was 9.1 percentage points lower.

    Among the investment in urban area in the first half of this year, that from the state-owned and state share-holding enterprises reached 1260.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 25.5% which was 7.8 percentage lower than the rise of the first five months. The investment in residential buildings totaled 409.5 billion yuan, up 26.5% which was 1.8 percentage points lower; that in the central government projects was 337 billion yuan, up 1.3% which was 1.3 percentage points higher; that in the local projects registered 1847.4 billion yuan, up 38.5% which was 5.9 percentage points lower.

    Analyzed by the third-industry method, the investment in the primary industry was 21.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 7.2% which was 4.5 percentage points lower over the first five months; that in the secondary industry totaled 879.1 billion yuan, up 41.8% which was 6 percentage points less. Specifically speaking, the investment in the industry was 851.1 billion yuan, up 42.3% which was 5.5 percentage points lower; that in construction was 28 billion yuan, up 28.0% which was 19.2 percentage points lower. The investment in the tertiary industry was 1284.1 billion yuan, up 25.0% which was 2.7 percentage points lower; that in the wholesale and retail trade was 38.4 billion yuan, up 45.2% which was 9.6 percentage points lower; that in the real estate was 541.4 billion yuan, up 28.3% which was 3.7 percentage points lower.

    Analyzed by industry, the investment in textile and clothes industry was 41 billion yuan, up 33.2% which was 7.9 percentage points lower than the rise of the first five months; that in the chemical materials and chemical products reached 61.6 billion yuan, up 47.1% which was 18.9 percentage points lower; that in the non-metal minerals mining and products was 48.4 billion yuan, up 53.8% which was 14 percentage points lower; that in the mining, smelting & pressing of ferrous metals was 85.6 billion yuan, up 55.3% which was 17.9 percentage points lower; that in the mining, smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals was 27 billion yuan, up 43.1% which was 17.7 percentage points lower; that in the manufacturing of transport equipment was 39 billion yuan, up 50.9% which was 6.7 percentage points less; that in the manufacturing of electric machines and apparatuses reached 17.7 billion yuan, up 47.9% which was 37 percentage points lower.

    Analyzed by ownership type, the investment by domestic-funded enterprises totaled 1884.6 billion yuan, up 29.6% which was 3.8 percentage points lower than the rise of the first five months. That by the Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan investors was 121.7 billion yuan, up 37.2% which was 3.9 percentage points lower; that by the foreign investors was 150.6 billion yuan, up 52.9% which was 7.5 percentage points lower.

    Analyzed by region, the investment in the eastern region was 1260.1 billion yuan, up 28.7%; that in the central region was 438.6 billion yuan, up 35.0%; that in the western region was 446.1 billion yuan, up 37.1%. The investment in the eastern, central and western regions presented the declines of 3.8, 5.7 and 6.1 percentage points in the rise over the first five months. In the first six months of this year, the number of new-started projects was 67971, up 2931 year on year, especially, the number of new-started projects in the eastern region dropped by 600 over the same period of last year, that in the central region rose by 293, that in the western region increased by 2797. The number of the new-started projects in this June was 22192, a year-on-year decline of 2358, and that in the eastern region was down by 2451, that in the central region was down by 679, and that in the western region was down 294.