China's CPI up 0.9 pct in January

Residents buy vegetables in a supermarket in north China's Tianjin, Jan. 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 0.9 percent year on year in January, down from the 1.5-percent increase a month ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.