BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, has approved fixed-asset investment projects in total amount of more than 800 billion yuan so far this year, official data showed Thursday.
NDRC approved 147 fixed-asset investment projects with total investment reaching 697.7 billion yuan in the first three quarters and nine projects worth 91.8 billion yuan in October this year.
China's fixed-asset investment in the first ten months grew 5.7 percent year on year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The NDRC approved the reconstruction and expansion project of Urumqi Airport with investment of 42.11 billion yuan in November and three rail transit projects in Chongqing on Thursday.
Among 172 major water conservancy projects in China, 134 have been approved and 132 are under construction, according to Wang Annan, chief planner of the Ministry of Water Resources.
In addition, fixed-asset investment in the country’s railway sector reached 633.13 billion yuan in the first 10 months of this year.
(Edited by Wu Shuang, wushuang2018@xinhua.org)
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