Official data showed that China's fixed asset investment rose 4.1 percent year-on-year during the first two months of 2025, an increase of 0.9 percentage points compared to the increase recorded in all of 2024.

The Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted a statement by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on Monday as saying that total investment reached 5.2619 trillion yuan (about US$734 billion) during the January-February period.

The agency added that investment in infrastructure construction increased 5.6 percent year-on-year during this period, while investment in the manufacturing sector increased by 9 percent. Excluding the real estate sector, China's fixed-asset investment rose 8.4 percent during the first two months. In contrast, investment in the real estate development sector fell 9.8 percent year-on-year during this period.