Manufacturing solid in June By ZHOU LANXU and ZHANG YUE | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-01 07:35 An employee works on the production line of a carmaker in Qingzhou, Shandong province. [Photo by Wang Jilin/For China Daily] PMI expansion slower due to supply shortages, but new orders edge up on '618' China's manufacturing activities maintained a solid expansion in June despite the small-scale resurgence of local COVID-19 cases, highlighting the resilience of the country's economic recovery, officials and experts said on Wednesday. The official purchasing managers index for China's manufacturing sector came in at 50.9 in June, little changed from 51 in May, indicating the sector has expanded steadily, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.