Consumer prices on the mainland were up 0.2 percent year on year in October.

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sunday showed that the consumer price index (CPI) also rose 0.2 percent on a monthly basis.

The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, was up by 1.2 percent year on year, marking the sixth consecutive month of higher growth.

NBS statistician Dong Lijuan attributed the consumer price increase last month to the continued effects of policies to expand domestic demand, coupled with the positive impact of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday period.

The producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, saw a 2.1 percent year-on-year decrease in October.