China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.8% year on year in September, the National Bureau of Statistics said. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.
On a monthly basis, September's CPI remained generally stable, reversing the 0.1% decline in August to inch up 0.3%.
Senior NBS statistician Dong Lijuan attributed the stable CPI performance to continuous efforts to coordinate COVID-19 prevention and control with economic and social development, as well as measures to ensure sufficient supply and stable prices.
Food prices went up 1.9% month on month, which raised the monthly consumer inflation by about 0.35 percentage points, according to the data.
Specifically, the price of fresh vegetables gained 6.8% month on month in September due to high temperatures and dry weather.
Driven by rising demand during the holiday season, the price of eggs and fresh fruits jumped by 6% and 1.3% from August, respectively.
Non-food prices rose 1.5% from a year ago, lifting the yearly consumer inflation by about 1.21 percentage points.
The prices of gasoline and diesel logged moderated year-on-year growth of 19.2% and 21%, respectively.
Friday's data also showed that China's producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 0.9% year on year in September.
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