China CPI rises 2.6 pct in 2013 (1/4)

Consumers select meat products at a supermarket in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui province, Jan 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI) grew 2.5 percent year on year in December, and 2.6 percent for the whole of 2013, well below the government's full-year target of 3.5 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. December's CPI, a main gauge of inflation, was 0.5 percentage points lower than the previous month. (Xinhua/Du Yu)