China manufacturing activity picks up in September — official PMI still in contraction
On May 29, 2025, a worker controls a vehicle finished on the production line for Zeekr, an electric vehicle manufacturer in Ningbo, China.
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The official indicator for China’s production activity showed a smaller contraction than expected in September, because Beijing has intensified its efforts to prevent industrial excessive capacity among sluggish domestic demand and global trade outages.
According to the Reuters survey, the manufacturing purchasing managers index took place at 49.8. While this reading was still narrowing, it was the strongest since March.
China’s official manufacturing PMI, producers, Beijing in the world’s largest consumer market exports to the higher US tariffs that worsened with the warm domestic demand, as it struggles, since April has been under the 50 stalls that separated the growth without contraction.
Private Surveyor Ratingdog’s Production Purchasing Managers Index took place at 51.2 for September, and since May marking the highest level, he defeated economists’ 50.2 forecast for economists in a Reuters survey.
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