The profits made by the industrial enterprises above the designated size in 2014 were 6,471.5 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the profits of the state-owned and state-holding enterprises were 1,400.7 billion yuan, down by 5.7 percent; that of the collective enterprises were 53.8 billion yuan, up by 0.4 percent; that of the share-holding enterprises 4,296.3 billion yuan, up by 1.6 percent; that of the enterprises by foreign investors and investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 1,597.2 billion yuan, up by 9.5 percent; and that of private enterprises were 2,232.3 billion yuan, a rise of 4.9 percent.
In 2014, the value added of construction enterprises in China was 4,472.5 billion yuan, up by 8.9 percent over the previous year. The profits made by construction enterprises qualified for general contracts and specialized contracts reached 691.3 billion yuan, up by 13.7 percent, of which the profits made by the state-owned and state-holding enterprises were 163.9 billion yuan, up by 11.7 percent.
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IV. Investment in Fixed Assets
The growth of investment in fixed assets slowed down. The total investment in fixed assets of the country in 2014 was 51,276.1 billion yuan, up by 15.3 percent[12] over the previous year. The real growth was 14.7 percent after deducting the price factors. Of the total investment, the investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) was 50,200.5 billon yuan, up by 15.7 percent; and the investment by rural households reached 1,075.6 billion yuan, up by 2.0 percent. The investment in eastern areas[13] was 20,645.4 billion yuan, up by 15.4 percent over the previous year, in central areas was 12,411.2 billion yuan, a growth of 17.6 percent, in western areas 12,917.1 billion yuan, a growth of 17.2 percent, and in northeastern areas 4,609.6 billion yuan, up by 2.7 percent.
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