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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) — China's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors both expanded in March, official data showed on Tuesday, signaling a significant upturn in economic activity.
China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at 50.4 in March 2026, up 1.4 percentage points from the previous month, according to data released Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Ho Lihui, a statistician at the National Statistical Office, attributed the increase to the accelerated resumption of work and production at enterprises after the Spring Festival holidays, as well as increased market activity.
The manufacturing sector saw growth in both production and demand. The production and new orders sub-indices were 51.4 and 51.6, respectively, up 1.8 and 3 percentage points compared to the previous month. Notably, the sub-indices for agriculture and food processing, as well as non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling, exceeded 55.
Thanks to the recovery in production and demand, the purchase volume sub-index rose to 50.9, up 2.7 percentage points compared to the previous month.
Large enterprises demonstrated steady growth, their PMI amounted to 51.6, which is 0.1 percentage points higher month-on-month, while the PMI indicators of medium and small enterprises rose to 49 and 49.3, respectively, an increase of 1.5 and 4.5 percentage points.
Data from the National Survey of Commerce on Tuesday also showed that China's non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at 50.1 in March, up 0.6 percentage points from February. -0-
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