China's consumer prices see mild uptick, factory inflation narrows (3)

A customer buys fruits at a supermarket in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2022. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1 percent year on year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. (Photo by Yan Qinlong/Xinhua)