Dong Lijuan, chief statistician of the City Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that from a month-on-month perspective, the national CPI changed from a 0.1% decline last month to an increase of 0.4%. Affected by price changes in the international market, domestic gasoline prices changed from a 10.7% decline last month to an increase of 7.2%, affecting the CPI increase of about 0.21 percent month-on-month; the price of gold jewelry changed from a 2.6% decrease last month to a 7.6% increase, affecting the CPI increase of about 0.04 percent month-on-month. Due to factors such as rapid growth in computing power demand, the prices of mobile phones, tablets, and data storage devices increased by 2.3%, 2.1%, and 2.1% respectively, which together drove the CPI increase by about 0.03 percentage points. Food prices changed from being flat last month to an increase of 0.4%, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.07 percent month-on-month.

Dong Lijuan, chief statistician of the City Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that from a month-on-month perspective, the national CPI changed from a 0.1% decline last month to an increase of 0.4%. Affected by price changes in the international market, domestic gasoline prices changed from a 10.7% decline last month to an increase of 7.2%, affecting the CPI increase of about 0.21 percent month-on-month; the price of gold jewelry changed from a 2.6% decrease last month to a 7.6% increase, affecting the CPI increase of about 0.04 percent month-on-month. Due to factors such as rapid growth in computing power demand, the prices of mobile phones, tablets, and data storage devices increased by 2.3%, 2.1%, and 2.1% respectively, which together drove the CPI increase by about 0.03 percentage points. Food prices changed from being flat last month to an increase of 0.4%, affecting the CPI increase by about 0.07 percent month-on-month.