China’s fixed-asset investment increased by 1.8% in the January-February 2026 period, defying market expectations of a 0.4% fall. This followed a 3.8% drop in 2025, which marked the first annual decline since 1989 amid a sharp property downturn and tighter restrictions on local government borrowing. In the first two months of the year, infrastructure investment grew by 11.4% and manufacturing investment rose by 3.1%, more than offsetting an 11.1% drop in property investment. By industry, investment in the primary industry surged by 17.4% and the secondary industry increased by 5.4%, while investment in the tertiary industry decreased by 0.4%. Excluding the property sector, fixed-asset investment climbed by 5.2% in the January-February period. On a monthly basis, fixed-asset investment rose by 0.4% in February, marking the second consecutive month of growth, although slowing from a 1.3% increase in January. source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Fixed Asset Investment in China increased to 1.80 percent in February from -3.80 percent in December of 2025. Fixed Asset Investment in China averaged 16.13 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 March of 2026.
Fixed Asset Investment in China increased to 1.80 percent in February from -3.80 percent in December of 2025. Fixed Asset Investment in China is expected to be -2.50 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, according to our econometric models.