China’s fixed-asset investment contracted by 4.1% year-on-year in the January–May 2026 period, exceeding market expectations for a 2.0% decline and worsening from the 1.6% drop recorded in the first four months of the year. Property investment remained the main drag, falling 16.2%, compared with a 13.7% decline in the January–April period, while smaller increases were recorded in infrastructure and manufacturing investment, easing to 0.6% from 4.3% and to 0.4% from 1.2%, respectively. Among industries, investment growth slowed in the primary industry (5.9% vs 10.1%) and the secondary sector (0.1% vs 2.5%), while investment in the tertiary sector fell further (-6.8% vs -4.2%). Excluding the property sector, fixed-asset investment decreased by 1.2% in the first five months of 2026, reversing from a 1.3% increase in the January–April period. On a monthly basis, fixed-asset investment fell by 1.91% in May, slipping further from a 2.36% drop in April. source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Fixed Asset Investment in China decreased to -4.10 percent in May from -1.60 percent in April of 2026. Fixed Asset Investment in China averaged 15.98 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 June of 2026.
Fixed Asset Investment in China decreased to -4.10 percent in May from -1.60 percent in April of 2026. Fixed Asset Investment in China is expected to be 0.30 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, according to our econometric models.