The manufacturing sector in China continued to expand in March, and at an accelerated pace, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday with a manufacturing PMI score of 51.8.
That beat forecasts for 5'.7 and was up from 51.6 in February.
It also moves further above the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction.
The bureau also said that its non-manufacturing PMI came in at 55.1 for March, up from 54.2 in the previous month.
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