China's manufacturing sector sustains recovery momentum with rising expectations
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 49.4 in August, up from 49.3 in the previous month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Macro
Sustained R&D investment, IP protection contribute to China's global lead in innovation clusters: IP regulator
China's sustained focus on innovation, growth in R&D investment and an increasingly improved intellectual property (IP) protection environment have helped it maintain its position as the global leader with most innovative clusters, the country's top IP regulator said at a press conference on Friday.
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Economic Watch: "AI Plus" injects new vitality into China's high-quality growth
Across China's steel industry, once noisy furnace floors are giving way to intelligent systems where control centers analyze vast streams of production data in real time, artificial intelligence adjusts furnace temperatures dynamically, and robots spot defects with greater accuracy.
moreEconomic Watch: Shenzhen-HK-Guangzhou innovation cluster tops global ranking for first time
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou innovation cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao GBA has topped the WIPO 2025 Global Innovation Index, overtaking Japan's Tokyo-Yokohama cluster to claim the No. 1 spot for the first time.
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Markets
China's summer box office reaches almost 12 bln yuan
China's 2025 summer box office reached just over 11.96 billion yuan, surpassing last year's summer total, the CFA announced on Monday.
China's landmark trade corridor freight tops 1 mln TEUs in 2025
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, had transported over 1 million TEUs of cargo this year as of Thursday, marking a record high.
