China’s fixed-asset investment declined by 7.2% year-on-year in the January-August 2026 period, matching market expectations and following a 6.7% drop in the first seven months of the year. Property investment remained the biggest drag, slumping 19.9% (vs -19.2% in January-July), amid weak housing demand, falling home prices and persistent financing constraints among developers. Investment in infrastructure (-4% vs -3.6%) and manufacturing (-2.3% vs -1.7%) also dropped further. Investment also continued to fall across all three major industries: the primary sector (-2.4% vs -0.5%), the secondary sector (-2.9% vs -2.1%), and the tertiary sector (-9.9% vs -9.5%). Excluding the property sector, fixed-asset investment fell by 4.2% in the first eight months of the year, after a 3.7% decline in January-July. On a monthly basis, fixed-asset investment decreased by 0.5% in August, slowing from a 1.37% drop in July. source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Fixed Asset Investment in China decreased to -7.20 percent in August from -6.70 percent in July of 2026. Fixed Asset Investment in China averaged 15.78 percent from 1996 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 53.00 percent in February of 2004 and a record low of -24.50 percent in January of 2020. This page provides - China Fixed Asset Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. China Fixed Asset Investment - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2026.
Fixed Asset Investment in China decreased to -7.20 percent in August from -6.70 percent in July of 2026. Fixed Asset Investment in China is expected to be -6.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the China Fixed Asset Investment is projected to trend around 4.00 percent in 2027 and 4.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.