China's factory activity flat in May, PMI shows

ReutersSun, May 31, 2026 at 1:39 AM UTC

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Employees work on a production line manufacturing metal parts for furniture at a factory in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China April 30, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS

BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) - China's factory activity ‌came in flat ‌in May, an official survey ​showed on Sunday, indicating that the manufacturing sector was under ‌pressure from ⁠weak domestic demand and higher production ⁠costs.

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The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) dropped ​to 50 ​from ​50.3 in ‌April, straddling the 50-mark separating growth from contraction, according to a survey by the ‌National Bureau of ​Statistics. Economists ​polled ​by Reuters ‌had forecast the gauge ​to ​come in at 50.

(Reporting by Ethan ​Wang, ‌Yukun Zhang and Ryan ​Woo; Editing by ​Sonali Paul)

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