The index of business conditions in China for October released by the Changjiang Business School on Wednesday recorded 49.2, down slightly from 49.5 in September. The BCI of the Changjiang Business School is composed of 4 sub-indices using an arithmetic average. This month, these four sub-indices showed a situation of 1 rise, 2 drops, 1 constant. The corporate sales outlook index fell to 60.2 this month from 60.4 last month. The corporate profit outlook index declined slightly. This month's index was 47.5, compared to 48.3 last month. The corporate financing environment index remained unchanged, at 44.6 this month and 44.6 last month. The corporate inventory outlook index was 44.9 this month and 44.8 last month. In addition to the four indices mentioned above, the Changjiang Business School asked companies about their expectations of cost and price conditions in a questionnaire. The enterprise labor cost outlook index showed a slight increase this month. The index was 65.9 last month and 70.3 this month. The consumer price outlook index declined slightly this month, from 48.0 last month to 46.4 this month. The Intermediate Price Outlook Index showed a slight increase this month. The previous month's figure was 37.6, and this month's figure was 38.3.

The index of business conditions in China for October released by the Changjiang Business School on Wednesday recorded 49.2, down slightly from 49.5 in September. The BCI of the Changjiang Business School is composed of 4 sub-indices using an arithmetic average. This month, these four sub-indices showed a situation of 1 rise, 2 drops, 1 constant. The corporate sales outlook index fell to 60.2 this month from 60.4 last month. The corporate profit outlook index declined slightly. This month's index was 47.5, compared to 48.3 last month. The corporate financing environment index remained unchanged, at 44.6 this month and 44.6 last month. The corporate inventory outlook index was 44.9 this month and 44.8 last month. In addition to the four indices mentioned above, the Changjiang Business School asked companies about their expectations of cost and price conditions in a questionnaire. The enterprise labor cost outlook index showed a slight increase this month. The index was 65.9 last month and 70.3 this month. The consumer price outlook index declined slightly this month, from 48.0 last month to 46.4 this month. The Intermediate Price Outlook Index showed a slight increase this month. The previous month's figure was 37.6, and this month's figure was 38.3.