The power consumption data released by the NEA has come out ahead of the the industrial activity data and does serve as a good proxy for what is going on.
Yearly growth rates were a bit lower in September, with total power consumption at 10.4%YoY and the industrial sector at 8.8%YoY.
This is a bit lower than August, although still suggests industrial activity is travelling at a decent clip. It also gels with the somewhat weaker PMIs, although doesn't suggest activity is as close to stagnation and those data