China's fixed asset investment up 3.6% in January-July from a year earlier: Chinese report

According to data recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, national fixed asset investment (excluding farms) in the first seven months of this year increased 3.6% year-on-year to 28.7611 trillion yen (about 592 trillion yen).
Compared to the first half of the year, the growth rate was down 0.3 percentage points. By sector, basic equipment investment increased by 4.9% year-on-year, and manufacturing investment increased by 9.3%. Real estate development investment increased by 1
By industry, primary industry investment increased by 3.3% year-on-year, secondary industry investment increased by 12.5% year-on-year, and tertiary industry investment decreased by 0.7%. Private investment was at the same level as the previous year,
Excluding investment in property development, private investment increased by 6.5%. Investment in high-tech industries increased by 10.4% compared to the same period last year, with high-tech manufacturing up 9.7%.
The high-tech services industry grew by 11.9%. Fixed asset investment (excluding farming) in July decreased by 0.17% from the previous month.