A residents shops for vegetables at a supermarket in Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 11, 2022. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.5 percent year on year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. The figure was higher than the 0.9 percent year-on-year growth recorded in February. (Photo by Luo Jinglai/Xinhua)
BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.5 percent year on year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
The figure was higher than the 0.9 percent year-on-year growth recorded in February.
A breakdown of the data showed that food prices saw contraction narrow to 1.5 percent year on year, dragging the CPI down by 0.28 percentage points, said senior NBS statistician Dong Lijuan.
Specifically, the price of pork, a staple meat in China, slumped 41.4 percent year on year, compared with a 42.5-percent decrease a month ago. However, the price of fresh vegetables, which skid 0.1 percent February, saw a 17.2-percent increase last month, data showed.
Residents shop for vegetables at a supermarket in Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 11, 2022.
(220411) -- ZUNYI, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A resident shops for fruits at a supermarket in Zheng'an County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 11, 2022.
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(220411) -- NANJING, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A resident shops for vegetables at a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 11, 2022.
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