China's factory activity expanded in January thanks to stable growth in output, quicker logistics and the first rise in new export orders since June, helping lift business confidence to a nine-month high, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.
週四一項私營部門調查顯示，由於產出穩定增長、物流加快以及自6月以來新出口訂單的首次增加，中國的工廠活動在1月份有所擴大，這使商業信心升至九個月高位。
The Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index reached 50.8 last month, the same as December’s reading and matching economists’ expectations. A reading above 50 indicates expansion and anything below that points to contraction.
財新制造業採購經理人指數上個月達到50.8，與12月份的數據相同，符合經濟學家的預期。讀數高於50表示擴張，低於該讀數表示收縮。