Economic Watch: China's CPI continues climb, factory prices pick up pace

People buy meat at a supermarket in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, May 11, 2021. China's consumer inflation rose further in April, while factory-gate prices picked up the growth pace due to increasing commodity prices and the country's solid recovery momentum, according to official data released Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.9 percent year on year in April, up from the 0.4-percent growth rate in March, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Photo by Liang Zidong/Xinhua)