China-CPI/July

Shotlist

FILE: Jiangxi Province, east China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of customers buying home appliances

FILE: Xiamen City, Fujian Province, east China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of customers at clothing shops

FILE: Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China – March 17, 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
3. Grocery market, customers
4. Various of vegetables in supermarket, customers

FILE: Beijing, China – April 25, 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of supermarket staff restocking vegetables onto shelves
6. Various of vegetables on shelves
7. Various of customer picking vegetables, vegetables for sale

FILE: Beijing, China – Date Unknown (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of eggs for sale
FILE: China – 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of meat sold in supermarket

FILE: Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, south China – March 18, 2022 (CCTV – No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of logistic company staff members transporting goods

Storyline

China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.7 percent year on year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.

The CPI in urban areas was up 2.6 percent and that in rural areas up 3.0 percent from a year earlier. Food prices shot up 6.3 percent and non-food prices 1.9 percent. The consumer goods prices increased by 4.0 percent and service prices by 0.7 percent.

The average consumer prices from January to July was up 1.8 percent over the same period of last year.

In addition, the CPI in July rose by 0.5 percent compared with last month.