China News Service Client Beijing, October 19th. On the 19th, the National Bureau of Statistics released the third quarter of China's economic report, showing that in the first three quarters, national consumer prices rose by 3.3% year-on-year, and the increase was 0.5% lower than the first half.

In terms of categories, in the first three quarters, food, tobacco and alcohol prices rose 10.9% year-on-year, clothing fell 0.2%, housing fell 0.3%, daily necessities and services rose 0.1%, transportation and communications fell 3.5%, education, culture and entertainment rose 1.4%, and medical Health care rose 1.9%, and other supplies and services rose 5.0%.

In food, tobacco and alcohol prices, grain rose 1.2%, fresh vegetables rose 6.1%; pork prices rose 82.4%, down 21.9 percentage points from the first half of the year.