Customers select vegetables at a supermarket in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 9, 2018. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent year on year in November, down from 2.5 percent in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday. (Xinhua/Hao Qunying)

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent year on year in November, down from 2.5 percent in October, data showed Sunday.