China's CPI up 1.7 pct in January

A vender arranges vegetables at a market in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 15, 2019. Consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.7 percent year on year in January, compared with 1.9-percent growth in December, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)