Business丨Policy talk heats up on mixed factory data

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China's manufacturing data put up a mixed performance in August, thus increasing the necessity of launching additional macroeconomic policy support measures to ensure the achievement of the country's annual growth target, economists and analysts said. The Caixin China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, a privately gauged indicator of the operating conditions of the country's manufacturing sector, rose to 50.4 in August, up from 49.8 in July, media group Caixin said in a report on Monday. Rising past the 50-mark that separates expansion from contraction, the latest data signaled that conditions in the manufacturing sector improved following a brief deterioration in July. The rate of improvement was only marginal, however, the report said. ▲  An employee works on the production line of a combine harvester manufacturer in Qingzhou, Shandong province. Wang Jilin/For China Daily Survey respondents revealed that better underlying demand conditions and promotional efforts u ………………………………