Chinas consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1 percent year-on-year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.
The increase was down from 2.9 percent for February, according to the bureau.
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The producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 3.1 percent year-on-year in March.
It was down from the 3.7 percent recorded in February, according to the NBS.