BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, edged up 0.7 percent year on year in February, reversing a 0.8-percent decline in January, official data showed Saturday.

 

On a monthly basis, the CPI went up 1 percent in February, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

 

The core CPI, deducting food and energy prices, went up 1.2 percent year on year last month, NBS data showed.