The Zhitong Finance App learned that on August 31, 2026, the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the China Purchasing Managers' Index. Huo Lihui, chief statistician at the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics, explained this. In August, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 49.8%, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous month, and the sentiment level rebounded; the non-manufacturing business activity index was 49.0%, the same as last month; the composite PMI output index was 49.5%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, and the overall output sentiment level of China's economy improved.

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on August 31, 2026, the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the China Purchasing Managers' Index. Huo Lihui, chief statistician at the Service Industry Survey Center of the National Bureau of Statistics, explained this. In August, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 49.8%, up 0.6 percentage points from the previous month, and the sentiment level rebounded; the non-manufacturing business activity index was 49.0%, the same as last month; the composite PMI output index was 49.5%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, and the overall output sentiment level of China's economy improved.