In March 2021, China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was 51.9 percent, 1.3 percentage points higher than that of last month, and the climate of manufacturing industry recovered.

In March, the non-manufacturing business activity index was 56.3 percent, which was 4.9 percentage points higher than that of last month, indicating that the expansion of non-manufacturing industry had accelerated.

(Source: National Bureau of Statistics)