In the first two months of this year, China’s fixed-asset investment went up 4.1% year on year, 0.9 percentage points higher than the full-year growth rate of 2024, official data showed. The investment totaled 5.26 trillion yuan (about US$734 billion) in January-February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement.

From January to February, manufacturing investment increased 9.0% year on year. In particular, investment in the textile industry posted robust growth, up 13.6% in the period.

Source: CHINA TEXTILE LEADER Express