China's consumer inflation, measured by the consumer price index, accelerated to 2.3 percent in August from 2.1 percent in July, the fastest pace since February this year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
The CPI was expected to rise 2.2 percent year-on-year in a Reuters poll of economists.
The producer price index (PPI), a gauge of factory-gate price that is closely related to industrial profitability, rose 4.1 percent in August, down from the previous month's 4.6 percent growth.
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