A customer buys vegetables at a supermarket in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 9, 2021. China's consumer price index (CPI), one of the main gauges of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday. The figure was lower than the 1.1 percent year-on-year growth recorded in June. (Photo by Hao Qunying/Xinhua)
