Chinese construction: The total amount of new contracts signed from January to May 2026 was 1.8082 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8%.

According to the announcement of Chinese Construction, the total value of new contracts signed in January-May 2026 was 1.8082 trillion yuan, a decrease of 1.8% year-on-year. Among them, the new contract value of construction business was 1.6767 trillion yuan, a decrease of 2.0% year-on-year, with residential construction reaching 1.1399 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5% year-on-year, and infrastructure reaching 532.3 billion yuan, a decrease of 10.4% year-on-year, and survey and design reaching 4.5 billion yuan, a decrease of 8.7% year-on-year; domestic new contracts totaled 1.5695 trillion yuan, a decrease of 3.9% year-on-year, while overseas contracts reached 107.2 billion yuan, an increase of 36.8% year-on-year. Real estate business contract sales amounted to 131.5 billion yuan, an increase of 0.8% year-on-year; contract sales area was 3.68 million square meters, a decrease of 19.0% year-on-year; ending land reserve was 67.66 million square meters, with new land reserve of 990,000 square meters.