Beijing: China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.2% year-on-year in October 2025, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Sunday.

According to Qatar News Agency, on a monthly basis, the CPI also rose 0.2% last month, as reported by Xinhua News Agency. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increased by 1.2% year-on-year, marking the sixth consecutive month of acceleration in growth pace.

NBS statistician Dong Lijuan attributed the consumer price increase last month to the continued effects of policies to expand domestic demand. Sunday's data also revealed that the producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went down 2.1% year-on-year in October.