China’s factory activity cooled slightly in January, with the official purchasing managers’ index dropping to 50.0, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
Coronavirus impact on China’s manufacturing not ‘yet fully manifested’ even as factory output cools
- The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 50.0 in January, but the survey was conducted before the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
- Officials warned that survey was conducted before January 20, so ‘impact of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus has not yet (been) fully manifested’
China’s factory activity cooled slightly in January, with the official purchasing managers’ index dropping to 50.0, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
