Customers select goods at a market in Danzhai County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo by Huang Xiaohai/Xinhua)
BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- With a mild retreat last month, China's inflation largely remained tame throughout 2021 against the backdrop of sustained economic recovery, while soaring prices emerged as a massive threat in many parts of the world.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.5 percent year on year in December, down from the 2.3-percent increase a month ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday.
Inflation climbed 0.9 percent in 2021, well below the country's annual target of approximately 3 percent.
In the face of COVID-19 outbreaks in multiple places, the authorities have also coordinated measures to rein in the pandemic and ensure goods supplies, which helped stabilize prices and maintain market stability, senior NBS statistician Dong Lijuan said.
A customer selects vegetables at a market in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo by Huan Yueliang/Xinhua)
Customers select goods at a market in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
A vendor arranges seafood at a market in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)
A customer selects goods at a market in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)
A customer selects goods at a market in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 12, 2022. (Photo by Du Yi/Xinhua)
