epa10830364 People dine at a restaurant in a shopping mall in Beijing, China, 31 August, 2023. China's official manufacturing purchasing managers Index (PMI) increased to 49.7 percent in August from 49.3 from the previous month in July, exceeding market estimates of 49.4 percent, according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on 31 August 2023. EPA/WU HAO
