China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose by 1.8 percent year-on-year in April, but down from 2.1 percent for March, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Thursday.
The factory gate inflation, producer price index (PPI), rose by 3.4 percent year-on-year in April. It was up from a growth of 3.1 percent recorded in March, according to the NBS.