China's manufacturing activity falls in May, PMI shows

May 30, 2025 9:41 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Workers work on a production line, manufacturing tank containers at a factory in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China April 7, 2025. cnsphoto via REUTERS/File photo

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's manufacturing activity shrank for a second month in May, an official survey showed on Saturday, raising expectations for more stimulus to support the economy amid a protracted trade war with the United States.

The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 49.5 in May versus 49.0 in April, below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction, and was in line with a median forecast of 49.5 in a Reuters poll.

(Reporting by Kevin Yao; Editing by Sam Holmes and Tom Hogue)



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