China's CPI up 2.1 pct in March

People buy strawberries at a fair in Qingdao City of east China's Shandong Province, April 11, 2018. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1 percent year on year in March, down from 2.9 percent for February, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yu Fangping)

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1 percent year on year in March, down from 2.9 percent for February, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.