China's CPI up 1 pct in March

A customer shops for golden jewelry at a store in Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2026. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in March, official data showed Friday. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 1.1 percent year on year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). On a month-on-month basis, CPI fell 0.7 percent in March, the data revealed. (Photo by Wang Longfei/Xinhua)

BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in March, official data showed Friday.

The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 1.1 percent year on year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

On a month-on-month basis, CPI fell 0.7 percent in March, the data revealed.

Friday's data also showed that the producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, edged up 0.5 percent year on year last month, the first increase following 41 straight months of declines, according to the NBS.

People shop for digital products at a consumer electronics store in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)

People purchase fresh vegetables and seafood at a farmer's wholesale market in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Song Yanjun/Xinhua)

People purchase a new energy vehicle (NEV) at an automobile dealership in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Zhao Jun/Xinhua)

A customer purchases cooking oil at a supermarket in Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Luo Jinglai/Xinhua)

People purchase fruits at a supermarket in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Zhai Huiyong/Xinhua)

People buy fresh vegetables at a supermarket in Pingyi County, east China's Shandong Province, April 10, 2026. (Photo by Wu Jiquan/Xinhua)