Government figures, which cannot be verified, showed big rises in travel and hospitality activity during lunar new year compared to the same time last year
On Tuesday, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention claimed however, “there has not been an obvious rebound in Covid cases”.
Officials had predicted that travel would increase by 99.5% year-on-year over the whole 40 days, and reach 70.3% of pre-pandemic levels, analysis firm Trivium said. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index stood at 50.1, compared with a reading of 47.0 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. The 50-point mark separates contraction from growth.
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