China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in July and a separate gauge covering services and construction hit its lowest level in more than three years, adding to concerns over growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
7月中国工厂活动意外收缩，同时涵盖服务业和建筑业的细分指标降至三年多以来最低水平，加剧了人们对这个世界第二大经济体增长放缓的担忧。
China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index was 49.2 in July, the lowest level since February, when it last declined. The non-manufacturing PMI was 49, its weakest level since December 2022, with a construction gauge at just 47.
7月中国官方制造采购经理指数(PMI)为49.2%，创下自今年2月该指数上次下降以来的最低水平。非制造业商务活动指数为49%，为2022年12月以来最弱水平，其中建筑业商务活动指数更是降至仅47%。
A reading above 50 marks an expansion.
高于50%的读数意味着扩张。