and an embattled property sector weighed on production, a survey showed on Wednesday .
The survey suggests little improvement in the world's second-biggest economy in August activity, after a rebound in June following the reopening of COVID-19 lockdowns. Some construction work was also suspended due to the heat, dragging down the official non-manufacturing PMI in August to 52.6 from 53.8 in July.
To revive the economy, the central government last week offered another stimulus package, raising the quota on policy financing tools by 300 billion yuan .