According to the most recent release of August’s CPI by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the overall CPI of August grew by 2.5%. The figure in urban areas grew by 2.4%, and in rural areas grew by 2.7%. Among different categories in the food sector, poultry price increased by 10.1% and pork price increased by 22.4% which contributed to 0.30 percentage to the overall CPI growth.