National Bureau of Statistics: CPI increased year-on-year and PPI decreased year- on-year in February. The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 1.2%.
The price of pork turned up for the first time after nine consecutive months of decline, rising by 0.2%; the prices of fresh vegetables and aquatic products turned from falling 12.7% and 3.4% in the previous month to rising by 2.9% and 4.1% respectively.