According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on September 15, from January to August, the national fixed assets investment (excluding farmers) was 32704.2 billion yuan, showing an increase of 3.2% year-on-year, including 5.9% growth in manufacturing investment and 13.2% in chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing investment.

In terms of industries, the investment in the primary industry was 692.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%; The investment in the secondary industry is 10252 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8%; The tertiary industry was 21759.3 billion yuan, an increase of 0.9%.

In the secondary industry, industrial investment increased by 8.8% year-on-year. Among them, investments in the mining industry increased by 2.0%, while investments in electricity, heating, gas, and water production and supply industries increased by 26.5%.

In the tertiary industry, infrastructure investment (excluding electricity, heating, gas, and water production and supply industries) increased by 6.4% year-on-year. Among them, investment in the railway transportation industry increased by 23.4%, investment in water conservancy management industry increased by 4.8%, investment in road transportation industry increased by 1.9%, and investment in public facility management industry decreased by 0.6%.

From a regional perspective, investment in the eastern region increased by 5.6% year-on-year, while the investment in the central region decreased by 1.6%, investment in the western region decreased by 0.6%, and investment in the northeast region decreased by 3.1%.

By registration type, fixed assets investment of domestic enterprises increased by 3.4% year-on-year, fixed assets investment of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan enterprises decreased by 3.0%, and fixed assets investment of foreign enterprises increased by 2.7%.