5月水利投资维持高增，国企改革深化提升行动持续推进

Investment Rating - The industry investment rating is "Outperform the Market - B" [6] Core Insights - Infrastructure investment in China has shown steady growth, with significant contributions from water conservancy projects, which have maintained a high growth rate of 26.6% year-on-year [2][19] - The issuance of special bonds and long-term government bonds has accelerated, leading to a robust government investment that supports infrastructure development [3][19] - The reform of state-owned enterprises is progressing, with an average completion rate of over 80% for key reform tasks as of the end of Q1 2025 [18] Summary by Relevant Sections Industry Dynamics - From January to May 2025, China's fixed asset investment reached 19.19 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%, with narrow infrastructure investment growing by 5.6% [1][16] - The contribution rate of infrastructure investment to overall investment growth was 34.5%, an increase of 1.9 percentage points compared to the previous month [1][16] Market Performance - The construction industry experienced a decline of 2.24% from June 16 to June 20, underperforming compared to the broader market indices [20] - Among the sub-sectors, the housing construction sector had the smallest decline at -0.67% [20] Company Announcements - Major contracts were awarded, including a 50.05 billion yuan project by China Energy Construction and a 3.37 billion USD contract by China National Machinery Industry Corporation [32] - China Construction reported a new contract total of 1.8412 trillion yuan for the first five months of 2025, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 1.7% [33] Investment Opportunities - The report suggests focusing on undervalued construction state-owned enterprises, including China State Construction, China Communications Construction, and China Railway Construction, as their operational indicators are expected to improve [11][19] - It also highlights the potential of construction design firms and international engineering service providers, particularly those with strong overseas business growth [12][19]