AI Data Insight
In Q4 2026, China's construction industry employment PMI dropped to 42.0, plunging by 2.3 percentage points from the previous Q3 figure of 44.3, remaining deeply in the contraction zone. Constrained by the property slump and slowing infrastructure momentum, new orders in the construction sector also plummeted concurrently, indicating that weak market demand is accelerating its transmission to the employment end.