China News Service, April 10, according to the National Bureau of Statistics website, in March 2020, national consumer prices rose 4.3% year-on-year. Among them, urban prices rose 4.0%, rural areas rose 5.3%; food prices rose 18.3%, non-food prices rose 0.7%; consumer goods prices rose 6.2%, and service prices rose 1.1%. In the first quarter, national consumer prices rose by 4.9% over the same period last year.
In March, national consumer prices fell by 1.2% month-on-month. Among them, urban prices fell by 1.2% and rural areas by 1.3%; food prices fell by 3.8% and non-food prices fell by 0.4%; consumer goods prices fell by 1.7% and service prices fell by 0.3%.
Year-on-year changes in the prices of various goods and services
In March, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol went up by 13.6% year-on-year, affecting the CPI (Consumer Price Index) to rise by about 4.10 percentage points. In food, the price of livestock meat increased by 78.0%, affecting CPI by about 3.44 percentage points, of which pork price rose by 116.4%, affecting CPI by about 2.79 percentage points; the price of aquatic products rose by 2.8%, affecting CPI by about 0.05 percentage points; The price increase of 1.9% affects the increase of CPI by about 0.01 percentage points; the prices of fresh fruits and vegetables drop by 6.1% and 0.1%, respectively, which together affect the decrease of CPI by about 0.12 percentage points.
The prices of the other seven categories rose four times and dropped three times year-on-year. Among them, the prices of other supplies and services, education, culture and entertainment rose by 5.3% and 2.5% respectively, the prices of medical care, daily necessities and services rose by 2.2% and 0.3% respectively; the prices of transportation and communications, clothing and housing decreased by 3.8% and 0.3% respectively % And 0.1%.
Monetary price changes of various goods and services
In March, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 2.7% month-on-month, affecting the decrease of CPI by about 0.90 percentage points. In food, the price of fresh vegetables fell by 12.2%, affecting CPI by about 0.39 percentage points; the price of livestock meat fell by 5.2%, affecting CPI by about 0.41 percentage points, of which pork prices fell by 6.9%, affecting CPI by about 0.36 percentage points; The price fell by 4.3%, affecting CPI by about 0.02 percentage points; the aquatic product price fell by 3.5%, affecting CPI by about 0.07 percentage points.
The prices of the other seven categories increased by two and decreased by five. Among them, the prices of other supplies and services and medical care rose by 0.4% and 0.2% respectively; the prices of transportation, communications and housing decreased by 2.5% and 0.3%, and the prices of clothing, daily necessities and services, education, culture and entertainment all fell by 0.1%.