Investment in the chemical raw materials and products manufacturing industry rose by 6.0% year-on-year in the first two months
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on March 17th shows that in January-February 2025, the national fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) reached 5,261.9 billion yuan, increasing by 4.1% year-on-year. The growth rate was 0.9 percentage points higher than that of the whole year of 2024. Among them, investment in the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 6.0% year-on-year.
By industry, investment in the primary industry reached 96.2 billion yuan, increasing by 12.2% year-on-year. Investment in the secondary industry reached 1,706.1 billion yuan, increasing by 11.4%. Investment in the tertiary industry reached 3,459.6 billion yuan, increasing by 0.7%.
In the secondary industry, industrial investment increased by 11.5% year-on-year. Among them, investment in the mining industry increased by 4.7%, investment in manufacturing rose by 9.0%, and investment in the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water grew by 25.4%.
In the tertiary industry, infrastructure investment (excluding the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water) increased by 5.6% year-on-year. Among them, investment in water conservancy management increased by 39.1%, investment in air transportation rose by 13.4%, and investment in railway transportation grew by 0.2%.
By region, investment in the eastern region increased by 1.5% year-on-year, in the central region by 6.0%, in the western region by 5.3%, and in the northeastern region by 11.6%.