File photo of a construction site. Investment in China's property sector rose 8.5 percent year on year to 1.67 trillion yuan (271 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three months of 2015. (Photo/Chinanews.com)
Investment in China's property sector rose 8.5 percent year on year to 1.67 trillion yuan (271 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three months of 2015, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Wednesday.