National Bureau Of Statistics: PMI Data Of China'S Manufacturing Industry In December

In December, the purchasing managers' index (PMI) of the manufacturing industry was 49.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous month, and the prosperity level of the manufacturing industry fell back.

From the perspective of enterprise scale, the PMI of large enterprises was 50.0%, 0.5 percentage points lower than that of the previous month, which was at the critical point; The PMI of small and medium-sized enterprises was 48.7% and 47.3% respectively, down 0.1 and 0.5 percentage points from the previous month, both below the critical point.

From the perspective of sub indexes, among the five sub indexes that constitute the PMI of manufacturing industry, the production index and supplier delivery time index are higher than the critical point, and the new order index, raw material inventory index and employee index are lower than the critical point.

The production index was 50.2%, down 0.5 percentage points from the previous month, still higher than the critical point, indicating the continued expansion of manufacturing production.

The index of new orders was 48.7%, down 0.7 percentage points from the previous month, indicating that the market demand of the manufacturing industry declined.

The raw material inventory index was 47.7%, down 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, indicating that the inventory of major raw materials in the manufacturing industry decreased.

The employee index was 47.9%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, indicating that the employment landscape of manufacturing enterprises has declined.

The supplier delivery time index was 50.3%, unchanged from the previous month, higher than the critical point, indicating that the delivery time of raw material suppliers in the manufacturing industry continued to accelerate.