According to the news of the National Bureau of Statistics on May 17, from January to April of 2024, the national fixed assets investment (excluding farmers) was 14340.1 billion yuan, up 4.2% year on year and down 0.03% month on month. Among them, investment in chemical raw materials and chemical product manufacturing grew by 13.9%.

In terms of industries, the investment in the primary industry was 263.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.9%; The investment in the secondary industry was 4763.4 billion yuan, an increase of 13.0%; The investment in the tertiary industry was 9313.1 billion yuan, an increase of 0.3%.

In the secondary industry, industrial investment increased by 13.1% year-on-year. Among them, investment in mining increased by 21.3%, investment in manufacturing up 9.7%, and investment in electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply industries up 26.2%.

In the tertiary industry, infrastructure investment (excluding electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply industries) saw an increase of 6.0% year-on-year. Among them, investment in aviation transportation industry rose by 24.6%, investment in railway transportation industry up 19.5%, and investment in water management industry up 16.1%.

In terms of regions, investment in East China increased by 4.8% year-on-year, investment in Central China increased by 4.0%, investment in West China increased by 0.6%, and investment in Northeast China increased by 6.4%.

In terms of registration types, investment from domestic enterprises increased by 4.2% year-on-year, investment from Hong Kong, Macao, and Chinses Taiwan enterprises increased by 6.4%, and investment from foreign enterprises decreased by 15.2%.