BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's investment in property development decreased in the first four months of 2026, down 13.7 percent year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.

An aerial drone photo taken on March 11, 2026 shows the cityscape along the Chuanzi River in Changde, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo: Xinhua)

The floor space of newly-built commercial buildings sold was 252.58 million square meters, down by 10.2 percent year on year. The total sales of newly-built commercial buildings were 2.3 trillion yuan (about 336.09 billion U.S. dollars), down by 14.6 percent.