In January this year, the China Caixin Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) indicated a final reading of 51.0, decreasing from the Caixin PMI final reading of 51.9 for last December, as announced by Beijing-based Caixin media group.
Meanwhile, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing sector was at 51.3 percent in January, down 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous month.