By Vivek Kumar China’s manufacturing sector, despite witnessing a slight improvement in January, sustained its fourth consecutive month of contraction, reflecting ongoing challenges amid heightened government efforts to stimulate growth and weak demand, which casts uncertainty over the country’s economic recovery outlook. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for January stood at 49.2 points, meeting analysts’ expectations and showing a slight uptick from December’s reading of 49. A PMI below 50 indicates a contraction compared to the previous month. Meanwhile, the non-ma…