chinas consumer inflation grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in september lifted by higher pork and other food prices official data showed friday the countrys consumer inflation index increased 28 from a year earlier in september accelerating from a 25 rise in august said the national bureau of statistics the reading which marked the fastest growth since april 2020 when cpi rose 33 on year was slightly lower than the 29 forecast made by economists polled by the wall street journal chinas producer price index rose 09 from a year earlier in september down from a 23 increase in august said the statistics bureau the result compared with the 10 increase anticipated by the surveyed economists