Official data showed China's fixed-asset investment dropped 1.6 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.
The National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement on Monday that fixed-asset investment totaled 14.13 trillion yuan, or about 2.06 trillion U.S. dollars.
Infrastructure investment grew 4.3 percent year on year, while manufacturing investment increased 1.2 percent.
Excluding the property sector, fixed-asset investment rose 1.3 percent. Investment in property development fell 13.7 percent over the same period.
