China’s construction industry is running flat out, trying to cope with soaring demand for new buildings and infrastructure resulting from the country’s 10.7% growth in 2010. While the national government is taking steps to cool economic growth and dampen real estate speculation, building activity shows no signs of slowing. Investment in fixed assets, the broadest measure of construction activity that includes other items like machinery and real estate, jumped by 24.5% in 2010, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The total area under construction rose by 16.4%, while the amount of residential construction jumped 19.1%.
Output of cement — the most commonly used building material in China — rose by15.5%, while plate glass production gained13.3%.
The boom in construction is being fed by soaring demand for real estate in urban areas, mostly along the coast. Housing prices in China’s 70 major cities rose by 5.5% in2010, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Prices in Beijing rose by about 10%, and were up 42% over the past three years.
中国的建筑业正在飞速运转着，努力应对不断飙升的需求，新的建筑和基础设施在2010个国家10.7%的增长导致的。而国民政府正采取措施为经济增长降温和抑制房地产投机，建筑活动没有减缓的迹象。固定资产投资，最广泛的工程建设活动，包括其他项目如机械和房地产的措施，增加了24.5%，2010，根据中国国家统计局。在建筑总面积增加了16.4%，而住宅建设量上涨19.1%。
水泥产量的最常用的建筑材料在中国玫瑰by15.5 %，平板玻璃生产gained13.3 %。
在建设热潮是由城市地区对房地产的需求激增，主要是沿海岸。在中国70个主要城市的房价上涨了5.5%年，根据国家统计局。北京的房价上涨了约10%，并增加了42%在过去的三年。
