AI Data Insight
China's Strategic Emerging Industries Purchasing Managers' Index (EPMI) for the fourth quarter of 2026 (October data) rose to 58.0%, jumping significantly by 5.7 percentage points from the previous quarter and hitting a new high for the year. Benefiting from the peak season effect and the implementation of stimulus policies, the prosperity of high-tech and equipment manufacturing broke through the 60 mark, but the continuity of domestic demand recovery remains a key focus for the medium term.