Chinese state English-language paper; highlighted the 53.5 high-tech sub-index and the return of foreign orders to expansion as evidence of resilient external demand despite the trade war

Reported the June PMI at 50.3, emphasising the high-tech manufacturing sub-index at 53.5 and noting that new export orders returned to expansion at 50.1, which it attributed to sustained AI-related demand from overseas customers.

“China's June manufacturing PMI reaches 50.3, boosted by strength in high-tech manufacturing.”