Staff members work at a workshop of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd (XCMG) in Xuzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province, on March 25, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua]
China's factory activity remained resilient in May, with the official purchasing managers' index holding at the boom-bust line after two straight months of expansion, official data showed on Sunday.
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that China's official purchasing managers' index for the manufacturing sector came in at 50.0 in May, staying at the threshold between expansion and contraction despite edging down 0.3 percentage point from April.
The latest PMI readings, according to Huo Lihui, a statistician with the bureau, pointed to continued expansion in China's overall economic output, with enterprise production remaining on a steady footing.
Notably, new growth drivers continued to gain traction. High-tech manufacturing, for instance, posted a PMI reading of 52.9 in May, rising from 52.2 in April, while equipment manufacturing recorded a PMI of 52.1, following a reading of 51.8 in the previous month, with both staying firmly in expansion territory.
