紧随官方数据发布的一项民间采购经理指数(PMI)调查结果也显示，3月份中国制造业状况有所改善。
Hot on the heels of the official numbers, a private PMI survey series also reports that March was a better month for Chinese manufacturers.
3月份，财新/Markit制造业PMI为49.7，比经济学家预期的48.3要高，2月份的读数则为48。
The Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers index came in at 49.7 in March, ahead of the 48.3 economists were expecting. It had been 48 in February.
该指数上次在50这一荣枯线以上还是在去年2月份。
It was last above 50 – the point which separates expansion from contraction – in February last year.
财新在同时发布的一份声明中表示：“虽然仍低于50.0临界值，但已是13个月来最高纪录，显示制造业运行只是轻微放缓。”
“Despite remaining below the crucial no-change 50.0 value, it was the highest index reading in 13 months and signalled only a fractional deterioration in the health of the sector,” Caixin said in its accompanying statement.
3月份中国官方制造业PMI为50.2，这是9个月来首次高于50。
Less than an hour ago the official survey was released, reporting a reading of 50.2 – the first above 50 in eight months.
财新智库(Caixin Insight Group)首席经济学家何帆表示：“所有分项均较上月有所改善，产出、新订单两个分项指标向上突破50荣枯线水平，表明前期的刺激政策效果在逐渐发挥。
He Fan, chief economist at Caixin Insight Group added:“All categories of the index showed improvement over the previous month. The output and new order categories rose above the neutral 50-point level, indicating that the stimulus policies the government has implemented have begun to take hold.
鉴于当前中国的复苏态势仍不明朗，政府继续保持适度的刺激政策，引领市场信心。”
“However, considering that current conditions remain uncertain, the government needs to continue with moderate stimulus measures to reinforce market confidence.”
这个由财新赞助的系列调查，其调查对象是民营企业，样本比官方调查要小得多，其波动性往往大于聚焦大中型国有企业的官方PMI读数。
The Caixin-sponsored series is based on a much smaller sample of private companies and tends to be more volatile than the official reading. The official survey focuses on larger state enterprises.