China equipment manufacturing industry grew by 8.1% in first quarter
From January to March, the national fixed asset investment (excluding farmers) was 10,487.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%. Among them, the investment in the secondary industry was 3,242.8 billion yuan, an increase of 16.1%; in the secondary industry, the industrial investment increased by 16.3% year-on-year. Among them, investment in manufacturing industry increased by 15.6%, of which investment in equipment manufacturing industry increased by 27.3%.