BEIJING — China's fixed-asset investment in the transport sector totaled 143.57 billion yuan (about $22.67 billion) in January, official data showed.

The figure was up 0.1 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Ministry of Transport.

In breakdown, highway investment reached 134.29 billion yuan last month, increasing 0.9 percent from a year earlier.

Investment in inland waterways shrank by 5.1 percent to 4.46 billion yuan, while coastal waterway investment stood at 4.45 billion yuan, down 14 percent year-on-year, the data showed.