
BEIJING, Mar 1 (Reuters) - China's manufacturing activity returned to expansion in February, an official factory survey showed on Saturday, indicating that Beijing's stimulus measures are helping shore up a patchy recovery in the world's second-largest economy.
The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) was 50.2 in February versus 49.1 in January, above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction, and beating a median forecast of 49.9 in a Reuters poll.