China News Service, September 15 (Li Jinlei) On September 15, the National Bureau of Statistics released economic data for August. In August, the national consumer price rose by 2.4% year-on-year, 0.3 percentage points lower than that in July.

In food, tobacco and alcohol prices, pork rose by 52.6%, fresh vegetables rose by 11.7%, grain rose by 1.5%, and fresh fruit fell by 19.8%.

After deducting food and energy prices, the core CPI rose 0.5%, the same as in July.