According to data released recently by the Ministry of Finance, by the end of December 2017, the total number of PPP projects managed by the government and the social capital cooperation (PPP) platform was 14,424 with a total investment of 18.2 trillion yuan, increasing 3164 projects and 4.7 trillion yuan respectively compared with the end of the previous year, and up 28.1% and 34.8% respectively. Of these, 7,137 were management pool projects and 7,287 were inventory items. In addition, a total of 697 national demonstration projects have been set up, with a total investment of 1.8 trillion yuan. Among them, there were 597 landing projects with a total investment of 1.5 trillion yuan and a landing rate of 85.7%, continuing to maintain its growth momentum.The 597 demonstration projects were signed with a total of 981 social capital enterprises, of which the private enterprises accounted for 34.7%.The total number of private-owned, private-and-foreign-owned consortia projects was 280, with a total investment of 494.8 billion yuan, accounting for 46.9% and 32.3% of the landing rate and total investment respectively. Further, private sector participated in 17 industries, of which 112 municipal projects, 30 ecological construction and environmental protection, 20 old-age nursing service, 15 water conservancy construction, 15 health care, the rest are under 15. In addition, according to the statistics of the three kinds of return mechanisms, the investment in the subsidies of feasible gap exceeds 50%. By the end of December 2017, there were 1,323 paid users projects in the management pool with a total investment of 1.6 trillion yuan, accounting for 18.5% and 14.7% of the management pool respectively. There were 2884 government paid projects with a total investment of 3.3 trillion yuan, accounting for 40.4% and 30.6% of the total management pool. There were 2930 feasibility gap subsidy (that is, government and market mixed payment) projects with a total investment of 5.9 trillion yuan, accounting for 41.1% and 54.7% of the management pool respectively. In terms of regions, by the end of December 2017,Shandong (including Qingdao), Henan and Hunan are the top three in projects numbers,accounted for 26.1% of the total management pool; Guizhou, Hunan and Henan are the top three in project investment, accounting for 22.8% of the management pool. The first three places of landing projects are Shandong (including Qingdao), Xinjiang and Anhui, accounting for 29.3% of the total number of projects on the ground. The top three places for investment in landing projects are Yunnan, Shandong (including Qingdao) and Guizhou, accounting for 24.5%. In terms of industry, PPP projects cover 19 primary industry sectors. Municipal engineering, transportation, ecological construction and environmental protection projects ranked the top three, accounting for 59.2% of the total management pool. The top three in investment are municipal engineering, transportation and urban comprehensive development projects, accounted for 71.6% of the total management pool. The top three in projects on the ground are municipal engineering, transportation, ecological construction and environmental protection, accounting for 63.5% of the total number of projects on the ground. The top three in investment in projects on the ground are municipal engineering, transportation and urban comprehensive development, account for 74.3% of investment in landing projects.