(Yicai Global) Oct. 21 -- China has approved 35 fixed-asset investment projects with a total scale of CNY317.2 billion (USD44.9 billion) in the third quarter. 

The National Development and Reform Commission has given the green light to projects mainly involved in the fields of transportation, energy and others, Yuan Da, director of a policy bureau of the macroeconomic planning agency, said at a press conference. 

In September, 14 such projects were approved, with a total investment of CNY177.8 billion.

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