date:Aug 11, 2014
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.3 percent year on year in July, the same pace as a month earlier, official data showed on Saturday.
The growth rate was also the same as that of the first half of this year, showing stable pricing in the world's second-largest economy, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
In July, inflation grew 2.4 percent in urban areas and 2.1 percent in rural areas, NBS data showed.
Food prices, which account for about