September 9, 2026 — Official data from Mainland China’s National Bureau of Statistics showed consumer prices rose 0.8 percent in August from a year earlier and 0.4 percent from July.
Factory-gate prices rose 3.8 percent year on year, accelerating from 3.5 percent in July, according to National Bureau of Statistics data reported by Reuters.
The official consumer-price release said non-food prices rose 1.2 percent from a year earlier, while food prices fell 1.4 percent. Energy used by transportation rose 8.3 percent, and core inflation excluding food and energy was 1.0 percent.
Reuters reported that higher international crude-oil and non-ferrous-metal prices lifted costs across related industries. The report also noted that domestic demand remained subdued despite policy support.
The figures are official government statistics and have not been independently audited by FreeChina.live. They show a stronger headline price increase, but do not by themselves establish a broad recovery in household demand.
Sources
- National Bureau of Statistics: August 2026 consumer-price data
- Reuters: Rising energy costs lift China’s producer and consumer inflation in August
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