投资和消费增速回落，更多政策将落地

Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. Core View of the Report - In August, China's economic performance was below expectations, with fixed - asset investment, social consumption, industrial added value, export, and service production index all showing less - than - expected growth, and the real estate market continuing to decline. To maintain rapid economic growth, domestic demand needs to continue to play a key role. The government will introduce policies to expand service consumption, promote private investment, and launch new policy - based financial tools [1][2][3]. Summary by Related Content Fixed - Asset Investment - From January to August, national fixed - asset investment increased by 0.5% year - on - year, lower than the market expectation of 1.3% and the 1.6% in January - July. General infrastructure investment (including electricity) increased by 5.4% year - on - year, narrow infrastructure investment (excluding electricity) increased by 2.0%, manufacturing investment increased by 5.1%, and real estate development investment decreased by 12.9%. Private fixed - asset investment decreased by 2.3%. In August, manufacturing investment decreased by 1.3% year - on - year, and narrow infrastructure investment decreased by 5.9% year - on - year [1][4]. Real Estate Market - From January to August, the sales area of new commercial housing decreased by 4.7% year - on - year, and the sales volume decreased by 7.3%. In August, the sales prices of second - hand residential properties in first - tier cities decreased by 1.0% month - on - month for the fifth consecutive month, and those in second - and third - tier cities also continued to decline. The funds in place for real estate development enterprises decreased by 12.5% year - on - year, and the newly - started and completed floor areas also showed year - on - year declines [2][5][7]. Industrial Added Value - In August, the value - added of large - scale industries increased by 5.2% year - on - year, lower than the market expectation of 5.8%. From January to August, it increased by 6.2% year - on - year. High - tech manufacturing maintained rapid growth, with an 8 - month growth of 9.5% year - on - year. The product sales rate of large - scale industrial enterprises was 96.6%, a year - on - year decrease of 0.1 percentage points [9]. Exports - In August, China's exports in US dollars increased by 4.4% year - on - year, lower than the expected 5.9%. From January to August, exports increased by 5.9% year - on - year. Exports to ASEAN and the EU increased, while exports to the US decreased significantly. Due to the low base in September last year, export growth is expected to be rapid in September, but may decline in the fourth quarter [2][10][11]. Social Consumption - In August, the total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 3.4% year - on - year, lower than the market expectation of 3.8%. From January to August, it increased by 4.6% year - on - year. The growth rate of consumer goods related to the trade - in policy decreased, while the growth of improved consumption accelerated. The retail sales of the automobile category increased by 0.8% year - on - year [14][15]. Service Industry - In August, the national service industry production index increased by 5.6% year - on - year, lower than the 5.8% in July. From January to August, it increased by 5.9% year - on - year. Information transmission, software and information technology services, finance, and leasing and business services had faster growth rates [16]. Unemployment Rate - In August, the national urban survey unemployment rate was 5.3%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, the same as the same month last year. The unemployment rate of migrant workers decreased slightly [16]. Policy Measures - The Ministry of Commerce will introduce policies to expand service consumption in September. On September 12, the State Council executive meeting deployed measures to promote private investment. New policy - based financial tools will be launched to support emerging industries and infrastructure projects [3][18].