China's fixed-asset investment up 20.7 pct

 BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's fixed¹ asset investment rose 20.7 percent year on year to 32.62 trillion yuan (5.18 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first 11 months of 2012, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday.

The growth rate stood unchanged from that of the first ten months, according to a statement on the website of the NBS.

On a month-on-month basis, fixed-asset investment rose 1.26 percent in November, the statement said.

During the first 11 months, investment in the primary industry amounted to 815.3 billion yuan, up 30.5 percent. Investment in the secondary industry totaled 14.3 trillion yuan, up 21.1 percent, while investment in the tertiary industry witnessed a 20.4-percent rise to hit 17.51 trillion yuan.

Investment in central China grew 26.2 percent, marking the fastest growth in the January-November period, followed by 24.2 percent in the west and 18 percent in the east.

Investment in property development climbed 16.7 percent to 6.48 trillion yuan during the period. Investment in residential² property gained 11.9 percent to 4.46 trillion yuan, accounting³ for 68.9 percent of total property investment.

The NBS data also show that in the first 11 months, China sold 917.05 million square meters of commercial housing, up 2.4 percent year on year.

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

2 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

3 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。