On January 12, Sichuan Investigation Corps of National Bureau of Statistics released the CPI data for last December that the province saw its CPI a month-on-month rise of 0.6% and a year-on-year decline of 0.2%, representing a decline of 0.6 percentage points compared with last November. Cumulatively, the province's CPI rose 3.2% from January to December last year, down 0.4 percentage points from January to November last year.

　　Last December, prices of food, tobacco and liquor rose 0.7% year on year, with food price rising 1.1% year on year, edible oil price rising 3.2% year on year, fresh vegetable price rising 9.4% year on year, pork price going down 3.5% year on year, and poultry price going down 9.5% year on year. Pork prices have fallen year on year for three straight months since the first decline last October.

　　Prices of clothing, housing, transportation and communications showed a year-on-year downward trend, with the price of vehicles going down 2.3% year on year, fuel price for vehicles down 13.6% year on year, price of clothing down 0.1% year on year, and price of clothing materials down 0.8% year on year. However, the clothing processing service fee rose 0.4% year on year.

　　Prices of articles and services for daily use, education, culture, entertainment, health care and other goods and services rose to varying degrees year on year. The prices of educational supplies, educational services, traditional Chinese medicine and gold jewelry rose by 1.1%, 1.6%, 1.7% and 14.1% year on year respectively.

　　On a month-on-month basis, prices of food, tobacco and liquor rose 1.6% month on month, with the price of fresh vegetables rising 2.1% month on month, and that of pork rising 8.8% month on month. Prices of clothing, articles and services for daily use, transportation and communications rose slightly month on month. Prices of education, culture, entertainment, health care, and other goods and services fell slightly month on month.