China’s services activity expands at fastest rate in 12 years
中国3月服务业以12年来最快速度扩张
Manufacturing growth slows as world’s second-largest economy charts uneven recovery from Covid
官方PMI指数还表明，制造业增速较上月有所下降，进一步显示出疫后经济复苏不平衡的迹象。
China’s non-manufacturing sector activity expanded at the fastest rate in more than a decade in March, but manufacturing growth dipped from the previous month in further signs of an uneven recovery as the economy struggles to emerge from the shadow of the pandemic.
中国3月份非制造业活动以10多年来最快的速度扩张，但制造业增速较上月有所下降，进一步显示出经济复苏不平衡的迹象，目前中国经济正努力摆脱疫情的阴影。
The National Bureau of Statistics non-manufacturing purchasing managers’ index, which includes the services sector, reached 58.2 in March, up from 56.3 in February and its highest level since May 2011, comfortably exceeding economists’ forecasts of 54.3.
3月份，中国国家统计局(NBS)包括服务业在内的非制造业采购经理指数(PMI)达到58.2，高于2月份的56.3，为2011年5月以来的最高水平，轻松超过经济学家预测的54.3。
The manufacturing sector gauge also beat forecasts, coming in at 51.9, according to figures released on Friday, but it trailed the 52.6 growth rate last month, hinting at mixed signals across the world’s second-largest economy.
周五发布的数据显示，制造业指数也超出预期，达到51.9，但低于上个月的52.6，暗示全球第二大经济体好坏参半的经济信号。
