Chinese investment in fixed assets like roads and bridges have been on the wane since April 2009.

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Investment in fixed assets grew by 21.3% in the year to December, its slowest pace in seven months.

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Even though investment as a proportion of GDP is high, China's accumulated investment in fixed assets is still low.

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For a start, investment in fixed assets is practically flat.

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Investment in fixed assets, such as buildings, factories and equipment, has grown by between 21% and 26%, year on year, for the past four quarters, despite the government's efforts to tighten credit.

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The National Bureau of Statistics said urban investment in fixed assets such as roads, power plants and apartment buildings rose by 26.5% in January and February from a year earlier, beating market forecasts for a 21.5% increase.

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Developers are a big chunk of the economy-accounting for 33% of total investment in China's fixed assets last year.

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Official figures show investment by the private sector in fixed assets such as factory buildings and machinery grew nearly threefold between 2000 and 2005 (see chart).

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Over the years the company has transcended from a commodities trading firm to an investment holding firm of sorts, making massive investments in fixed assets, including mines stretching from Australia to Latin America to Africa.

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That's because over half the investment portfolios of both Ping An and China Life are in bonds and other fixed-income assets, while only 10% is in equities.

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