China's CPI up 2.5 pct in June

Consumers select vegetables at a supermarket in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, June 10, 2020. (Photo by Hu Gaolei/Xinhua)

　　China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year on year in June, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

　　The rate picked up from the 2.4-percent growth in May.