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China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.5 percent year on year in December 2021, down from the 2.3-percent increase a month ago, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.

The CPI for 2021 climbed 0.9 percent, well below the country's annual target of approximately 3 percent. 

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