From January to August, the total investment in real estate development amounted to 2,114.7 billion yuan, up by 14.7 percent year-on-year, and went up by 3.1 percentage points over first seven months, while that of a decrease of 14.4 percentage points over same period of previous year. Of which, investment in commercial residential buildings reached 1,484.8 billion yuan, 10.9 percent of increase year-on-year, picking up 2.7 percentage points over first seven months, or 20.8 percentage points dropped over same period of previous year, which occupied 70.2 percent of the investment in real estate development.