(Corrects double mention of March in headline)
BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - China's non-manufacturing
activity expanded for the third consecutive month in March,
official data showed on Friday, suggesting a strong services
sector recovery is on track this year.
The official non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index
(PMI) stood at 58.2 versus 56.3 in February, according to data
from the National Bureau of Statistics, above the 50-point mark
that separates expansion and contraction in activity on a
monthly basis.
The official composite PMI, which includes both
manufacturing and services activity stood at 57.0, compared with
56.4 in February.
(Reporting by Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo; Editing by Shri
Navaratnam)
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