BEIJING - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved eight fixed asset investment projects in September worth a total of 17.2 billion yuan ($2.57 billion), the state planner said on Tuesday.

Most of the projects were in the transportation and energy sectors, Meng Wei, an NDRC spokeswoman told reporters.

That compares with the 88.2 billion yuan of fixed asset investment projects approved in August. ($1 = 6.6890 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo Editing by Shri Navaratnam) ((Ryan.Woo@thomsonreuters.com;))