China's PPI up 4.1 pct in May

BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 4.1 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday.

The figure also posted a month-on-month rise of 0.4 percent, reversing the decline trend since February, according to the bureau.