China News Service Client, April 17 (Xie Yiguan) According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 17th, in the first quarter, national consumer prices rose by 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, the national consumer price in March rose by 4.3% year-on-year, a decrease of 0.9 percentage points from February; the month-on-month decline of 1.2%. Among the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol, the price of fresh vegetables rose by 9.0%, which increased from 10.9% in February to a decrease of 0.1% in March. The price of pork increased by 122.5%, of which 116.4% in March, down 18.8 percentage points from February. After deducting food and energy prices, the core CPI rose 1.3%.