Infrastructure investment increased 4.2% year-on-year in the first August

According to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, infrastructure investment grew by 4.2% in January and August compared with the same period last year, and the growth rate was 0.4 percentage points faster than that in January and July.

Statistics show that the investment in infrastructure investment in ecological protection and environmental governance increased by 42.2%, 1.2 and 7.3 percentage points faster than that in January-July and the same period last year respectively; the investment in road transport increased by 7.7%, 0.8 percentage points faster than that in January-July; and the investment in railway transport increased by 11.0%. In addition, the data show that from January to August, investment in the social sector increased by 13.8% year-on-year, 1.7 percentage points faster than the same period last year, and 8.3 percentage points higher than the total investment. Among them, investment in education increased by 19%, and investment in culture, sports and entertainment increased by 15.1%.