On May 11, the National Bureau of Statistics released data. In April, the national factory prices for industrial producers rose 6.8% year-on-year and 0.9% month-on-month; industrial producer purchasing prices rose 9.0% year-on-year and 1.3% month-on-month. On average from January to April, the ex-factory prices for industrial producers rose by 3.3% over the same period last year, and the purchasing prices for industrial producers rose by 4.3%.