Employees work in an electronics factory in Chongqing, in southwest China on Sept. 13, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
China’s economic activities have continued to slow down in August, as a bundle of key indicators fell short of expectations, keeping pressure on Beijing to roll out stimulus amid a prolonged property slump and ongoing trade tensions with the West.
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sept. 15, industrial production growth slowed sharply in August, rising by 5.2 percent year-over-year compared with July’s 6.8 percent gain. It missed the 5.7 percent rise expected by economists surveyed by Reuters and represented the worst performance in 12 months.
