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The import and export data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on May 16 showed that from January to April, the national fixed assets investment was 14748.2 billion yuan, up 4.7% year on year. Among them, private fixed assets investment was 7957 billion yuan, up 0.4% year on year. On a month on month basis, fixed assets investment (excluding farmers) fell 0.64% in April.

According to import and export data, by industry, the investment in the primary industry is 319.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.3%; The investment in the secondary industry was 4567.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4%; The investment in the tertiary industry was 9860.9 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1%.

In the secondary industry, industrial investment increased by 8.3% year-on-year. Among them, investment in the mining industry decreased by 2.2%, investment in the manufacturing industry increased by 6.4%, and investment in the electricity, heating, gas, and water production and supply industries increased by 24.4%. According to import and export data, the investment in chemical raw materials and chemical product manufacturing increased by 15.5% year-on-year.

In the tertiary industry, infrastructure investment (excluding electricity, heating, gas, and water production and supply industries) increased by 8.5% year-on-year. Among them, investment in the railway transportation industry increased by 14.0%, investment in water management industry increased by 10.7%, investment in road transportation industry increased by 5.8%, and investment in public facility management industry increased by 4.7%.

According to import and export data, by region, investment in the eastern region increased by 6.2% year-on-year, investment in the central region decreased by 1.3%, investment in the western region increased by 3.2%, and investment in the northeast region increased by 9.8%.

According to import and export data, fixed assets investment of domestic enterprises increased by 4.9% year on year, fixed assets investment of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan enterprises decreased by 4.3%, and fixed assets investment of foreign enterprises increased by 5.3% by registration type.