China's manufacturing PMI edges down in December

A worker is seen at a workshop of a spinning factory in Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 20, 2018. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 49.4 this month, down from 50 in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)