China’s manufacturing sector has faced uncertainty this year as the Middle East war has driven up global energy prices. (EPA Images pic) BEIJING: China’s factory activity slumped in July, official data showed Friday, as leaders in the world’s second-largest economy struggle to reignite domestic dem»»»

BEIJING, July 31, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - China's factory activity slumped in July, official data showed Friday, as leaders in the world's second-largest economy struggle to reignite domestic demand. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a closely watched gauge of industrial health, fell int»»»

China’s factory activity unexpectedly grew in December, snapping a record eight straight months of decline, lifted by a rise in pre-holiday orders as officials seek to spur the $19 trillion economy’s manufacturing sector without worsening deflation. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) ros»»»

China's factory activity unexpectedly grew in December, snapping a record eight straight months of decline, lifted by a rise in pre-holiday orders ​as officials seek to spur the $19 trillion economy's manufacturing sector without worsening deflation. The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) ro»»»

Factory activity in China shrank for a third straight month in July, official data showed on Wednesday, a day after Beijing pledged more state support to boost activity in the country's stuttering economy. A key measure of factory output, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at »»»

Factory activity in China shrank for a second month in a row in June, official data showed Sunday, underscoring the country's shaky economic recovery ahead of a key political gathering expected to focus on deepening reform. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) – a key measure of facto»»»

BEIJING, June 30 — Factory activity in China shrank for a second straight month in June, data showed today, underscoring the country’s shaky economic recovery ahead of a key political gathering expected to focus on deepening reform. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) — a key measure»»»

BEIJING: Deflation in China accelerated in November, official data showed on Saturday, underlining the difficulties the world’s second-largest economy faces in reviving slowing demand. The figures came after President Xi Jinping said on Friday that the Asian giant’s post-pandemic recovery was “stil»»»

Beijing: China's long-delayed economic data showed a mixed recovery in the third quarter of 2022, with unemployment rising and retail sales weakening in September despite a pickup in growth. GDP grew 3.9 per cent in the July-to-September period from a year ago, rebounding from almost stagnant growt»»»

The official manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 49.4 from 49 in July, according to a statement from the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. That was slightly higher than the 49.2 in a Bloomberg survey of economists, but still below the 50 mark that separates expansion from cont»»»

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s factories slowed their output growth in April and retail sales significantly missed expectations as officials warned of new problems affecting the recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. While China’s exporters are enjoying strong demand, global supply chain bottl»»»