date:Mar 10, 2014
ood prices, which account for nearly one-third of the weighting in the calculation of China's CPI.
Analysts predicted mild inflation would be sustained for several months amid economic downward pressure and weak global commodity prices.
EASED INFLATION
In breakdown, inflation rose 2.1 percent in cities and 1.7 percent in rural areas from the same period of last year, the NBS data showed.
Food prices rose 2.7 percent year on year and contributed to the 0.9-percentage-point increase in Februar