China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.5 percent year-on-year in June, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
The June expansion remained unchanged from May's reading, and increased from April's 1.2 percent and March's 0.9 percent. On a monthly basis, however, the CPI declined 0.2 percent, according to the bureau.
The NBS attributed the monthly decline in CPI to lower food prices, which dropped 1 percent month-on-month in June.
Fruit prices shed 4.2 percent month-on-month in June. Pork and vegetable prices fell 3.4 percent and 1.1 percent, respectively.
