China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.

1 percent year-on-year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.

On a monthly basis, the CPI inched up 0.

4 percent partly due to the domestic resurgence of COVID-19 and the continuous rise of bulk commodity prices across the globe, noted Dong Lijuan, a senior statistician with the NBS.

国家统计局5月11日发布数据，4月份，全国居民消费价格指数（CPI）同比上涨2.

1%，环比上涨0.

4%。

国家统计局城市司高级统计师董莉娟表示，4月份，受国内疫情及国际大宗商品价格持续上涨等因素影响，CPI温和上涨。

Wednesday's data also showed China's producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 8 percent year-on-year in April.

当天发布的数据还显示，4月份，全国工业生产者出厂价格指数（PPI）同比上涨8%。

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