{"id":219553,"date":"2025-12-31T08:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/219553\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T08:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:25:20","slug":"chinas-factory-activity-breaks-8-month-contraction-but-headwinds-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/219553\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s factory activity breaks 8-month contraction, but headwinds persist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s factory activity returned to expansionary territory in December \u2013 beating market expectations to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/economic-indicators\/article\/3334657\/chinas-factory-activity-contracts-november-8th-month-row?module=top_story&amp;pgtype=subsection?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">end an eight-month contraction<\/a> \u2013 but analysts said it might be premature to view the rebound as a sign of sustained stabilisation.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The manufacturing purchasing managers\u2019 index (PMI) stood at 50.1 in December, up from 49.2 the previous month, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The reading exceeded a projection of 49.6 from economists polled by the financial data provider Wind.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The monthly index compiles survey data given by supply chain managers from a variety of sectors. A reading above 50 suggests expansion, while one below 50 indicates contraction.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBoth production and demand rebounded significantly,\u201d said Huo Lihui, chief statistician at the bureau\u2019s service industry survey centre.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">She added that stockpiling ahead of the holidays had bolstered the outlook for certain food and beverage-related industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s factory activity returned to expansionary territory in December \u2013 beating market expectations to end an eight-month contraction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2102,72,101545,114,113775,113773,113,113777,7316,61,60,113774,12051,92982,113776,90],"class_list":["post-219553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-beijing","tag-business","tag-central-economic-work-conference","tag-china","tag-chinas-exports","tag-consumption-growth","tag-economy","tag-finance-minister-lan-foan","tag-goldman-sachs","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-manufacturing-pmi","tag-national-bureau-of-statistics","tag-new-orders-sub-index","tag-real-estate-sector","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}