China’s Services PMI Growth Hits 6-Month Low in December: S&P Global Survey

The survey also showed that employment contracted for the fifth consecutive month in December.

People walk past luxury brand stores at a mall in the financial district of Shanghai on April 14, 2025. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

China’s service sector growth slowed to its weakest pace in December 2025, reaching a six-month low, according to a recent survey compiled by S&P Global.

Meanwhile, the Chinese communist regime’s official data showed that China’s service sector purchasing managers’ index (PMI) remained in contraction in December. Combined with a weak manufacturing PMI, the data indicate that China’s economic growth remains fragile and uneven as the new year begins, analysts told The Epoch Times.