China CPI rises 2.6 pct in 2013 (3/4)

A seller arranges cooking oil at a supermarket in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei province, Jan 8, 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/Mou Yu)