People buy vegetables at a supermarket in Shouguang, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 13, 2019. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.9 percent year on year in 2019, up from 2.8 percent in the first 11 months, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. ■
