統計局表示 年全年CPI同比上漲2.1%

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.9 percent year-on-year in December, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said last Thursday.

國家統計局上週四表示，衡量通貨膨脹水平的主要指標全國居民消費價格指數（CPI）12月同比上漲1.9%。

China's CPI rose 2.1 percent year-on-year in 2018, up from 1.6 percent for 2017.

2018年全年，我國CPI同比上漲2.1%，漲幅高於2017年的1.6%。

Food prices rose 2.5 percent year-on-year, contributing 0.48 percentage points to the overall CPI growth, the bureau said.

國家統計局表示，食品價格同比上漲2.5%，對CPI總漲幅有0.48個百分點的影響。

Prices for medical products and services rose 2.5 percent year on year, educational, cultural and entertainment prices rose 2.3 percent while housing-related prices rose 2.2 percent.

醫療產品和服務的價格同比上漲2.5%，教育、文化和娛樂方面的價格上漲2.3%，住房相關的價格上漲2.2%。

China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 3.5 percent year-on-year in 2018, the NBS said.

2018年全年，衡量企業採購成本的工業生產者出廠價格指數（PPI）同比上漲3.5%。

It was down from the growth of 6.3 percent recorded in 2017, according to the bureau.

國家統計局稱，這一漲幅低於2017年的6.3%。