China manufacturing growth expands: surveys | Bangkok Post: news

News > World

China manufacturing growth expands: surveys

Manufacturing activity in China expanded in January, two separate surveys showed Friday, but they differed on whether the recovery was slowing or accelerating.

Two women work in a textile factory in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi province on January 16, 2013. Manufacturing activity in China expanded in January, two separate surveys showed Friday, but they differed on whether the recovery was slowing or accelerating.

The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) was 50.4 in January, a slight moderation from 50.6 in the previous month, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the National Bureau of Statistics.

This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.

Your comments

Reply

Sign in once and access every part of the website at your convenience!

Please log in to our Bangkokpost.com community to post your comment.
You can sign in to the community by clicking here.

If you are not part of the community yet, please sign up here. By being part of this community you will get all these privileges.