Beijing: China's fixed-asset investment experienced a 4 percent increase year on year in the first four months of 2025, as revealed by official data on Monday.

According to Qatar News Agency, excluding the property sector, China's fixed-asset investment grew by 8 percent year on year during this period, as reported by China's Xinhua news agency, citing the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Infrastructure investment saw a rise of 5.8 percent year on year, while manufacturing investment increased by 8.8 percent.

Breaking it down by industry, investment in the primary industry grew by 13.2 percent year on year, with secondary industry investment rising by 11.7 percent. In contrast, the tertiary industry saw a slight decrease in investment by 0.2 percent.

In the high-tech sector, there was notable growth with investment in information services surging by 40.6 percent, and computer and office equipment manufacturing investment increasing by 28.9 percent. Additionally, Monday's data highlighted that China's value-added industrial output expanded by 6.1 percent year on year in April. Furthermore, the retail sales of consumer goods, a key indicator of the country's consumption strength, grew by 5.1 percent year on year.