In January 2021, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped by 0.3 percent year on year. Among them, the prices in urban and rural dropped by 0.4 and 0.1 percent respectively; the prices of food stuff rose by 1.6 percent, and that of non-food stuff fell by 0.8 percent; the prices of consumer goods fell by 0.1 percent, and that of service fell by 0.7 percent.

In January, China's consumer prices rose by 1.0 percent month on month. Among them, the prices in urban and rural respectively rose by 1.0 and 1.1 percent; the prices of foodstuff and non-foodstuff rose by 4.1 and 0.3 percent; that of consumer goods rose by 1.5 percent, while that of service rose by 0.2 percent.

(Source: National Bureau of Statistics)