China official PMIs, manufacturing and services (and the accompanying 'composite' of the two) are due Tuesday 31 August 2021 at 0200 GMT.

China's official manufacturing PMI for August:

  • expected 50.1
  • 50.4 in July

Non-manufacturing PMI

  • expected 52.0
  • 53.3 in July

ING cites:

China's manufacturing PMI for August will reflect

  • closures at marine ports and airports ... knock-on effects to trade and industry as well as tourism and leisure
  • rapid spread of the Delta variant globally could also hurt overseas demand for Chinese goods
  • Adding to these woes are sustained shortages of semiconductor chips.

The Caixin PMIs follow later in the wekk.