China’s factory activity contracted for a fourth consecutive month in January, underscoring the much-needed litany of policy support for the world’s second-largest economy which Beijing announced last week.
中國的工廠活動在1月份連續第四個月萎縮，這凸顯了北京上週宣佈的對世界第二大經濟體急需的一系列政策支持。
The official manufacturing purchasing managers index reached 49.2 this month, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement on Wednesday — above December’s reading but still below the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction.
國家統計局在週三的一份聲明中表示，本月官方製造業採購經理人指數達到49.2，高於12月的水平，但仍低於將擴張與收縮區分開來的50大關。
The official non-manufacturing managers’ index rose to 50.7 in January from 50.4 in December and marginally better than projections from economists.
官方非製造業經理人指數從12月的50.4升至1月份的50.7，略好於經濟學家的預期。