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China's fixed-asset investments rose 25 percent year-on-year to hit 18.06 trillion yuan (2.83 trillion U.S. dollars) during the first eight months of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.

The figure was 0.4 percentage points lower than that of the past seven months, the NBS said in an online statement.

In August, fixed-asset investments rose by 1.16 percent month-on-month, up from 0.27 percent in July.

In the first eight months, investment in primary and secondary industries rose 23 percent and 27 percent year-on-year to 417.6 billion yuan and 7.92 trillion yuan, respectively. Tertiary industries saw a 23.6-percent increase in investment.