China's consumer inflation up 1.6 pct in September

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.6 percent year on year in September, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.

The pace moderated from August's 1.8 percent. On a monthly basis, the index was up 0.5 percent, according to the bureau.