According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, food, tobacco, alcohol, and food and beverage prices rose 0.3% month-on-month in August, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.07 percent. Among food products, fresh vegetable prices rose 5.5%, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.09 percent; egg prices rose 2.0%, affecting the CPI rise by 0.01 percent; livestock and meat prices rose 0.9%, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.03 percent, of which pork prices rose 1.3%; fresh fruit prices fell 2.5%, affecting the CPI decline by about 0.05 percent; aquatic product prices fell 0.9%, affecting the CPI decline by about 0.02 percent.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, food, tobacco, alcohol, and food and beverage prices rose 0.3% month-on-month in August, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.07 percent. Among food products, fresh vegetable prices rose 5.5%, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.09 percent; egg prices rose 2.0%, affecting the CPI rise by 0.01 percent; livestock and meat prices rose 0.9%, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.03 percent, of which pork prices rose 1.3%; fresh fruit prices fell 2.5%, affecting the CPI decline by about 0.05 percent; aquatic product prices fell 0.9%, affecting the CPI decline by about 0.02 percent.