China's property investment down in January-August period

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2020 with a drone shows the downtown area of Longchang City, Neijiang, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo:Xinhua)

BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's investment in property development went down 7.4 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday.