中國：房地產投資減速 1−８月增長依然保持3.5％

Last month the Mainichi News on-line reported the following:

中国：不動産投資が減速　３．５％増にとどまる　1−８月

毎日新聞　2015年09月13日　17時03分

　中国国家統計局が１３日発表した８月の主要経済指標によると、ことし１〜８月の不動産開発投資は前年同期比３．５％増にとどまった。活況期には３０％台の増加も珍しくなかったが、昨年から伸び率の縮小が続いている。リーマン・ショックの影響で落ち込んだ２００９年１〜２月（１．０％増）以来の低水準となった。

　中国の景気減速の大きな原因の一つとなっている投資の伸び悩みが収まっていない。

　住宅の新規着工面積が１７．９％減と大幅に落ち込んだ。(共同)

(試 譯文)

   According to a major economic indicator for August this year announced on the 13^th (September) by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, from January to August this year the real estate development investments, compared to the corresponding period a year ago, stayed at a 3.5 % increase. While the figure was not unusual for an active period with an increase base level of 30%, reduction in growth rate that began last year was continuing. It was a low level since the period of January to February 2009 (1.0 % increase) with a depression that was caused by the Riemann shock.

   A sluggish growth in investment, being one of the major causes for the Chinese economic slowdown, had not stopped.

   The floor areas of planned new housing began to fall substantially at a decrease of 17.9 %.

Obviously the economy in China is slowing down.