(Yicai Global) June 15 -- China's fixed-asset investment declined in the first five months of this year.

The tally narrowed by 6.3 percent to CNY19.92 trillion (USD2.81 trillion) from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics announced today. The slump was 4 percentage points less than that of the first four months.

Last month, China's fixed-asset investment increased 5.9 percent from a month earlier.

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