date:Apr 17, 2014
d outings, and rent.
However, China's CPI declined 0.5 per cent in March from February mainly due to a food price drop, as Chinese people traditionally have bigger demand for vegetables, meat and fruit during the Spring Festival, which started at the end of January and lasted through early February this year.
Mr Jianwei estimated a full-year CPI growth hovering at 2.6 per cent in 2014, as the country's economic growth will continue the moderate pace amid the weak demand both at home and abroad