China's CPI down 0.5% in Nov
11月CPI同比下降0.5%
China's consumer price index posted the first year-on-year drop in 11 years last month, as pork prices declined while nonfood prices remained subdued, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. CPI, the main gauge of inflation, dropped by 0.5 percent year-on-year in November, marking the first decline since October 2009, according to the NBS.
12月9日，国家统计局公布的数据显示，由于猪肉价格下跌，非食品价格持续低迷，11月份全国居民消费价格(CPI)同比下降0.5%，创近11年新低，为2009年10月首次出现负增长。
Dong Lijuan, a NBS statistician, attributed the decline in consumer prices mainly to dropping food prices.
国家统计局统计师董莉娟表示，食品价格下降是CPI下降的主因。

Pork prices, in particular, slumped by 12.5 percent year-on-year from a high comparison base last year as pork production continued to recover.
尤其是猪肉价格，随着生产持续恢复，又受到去年同期对比基数较高影响，同比下降12.5%。
Nonfood prices edged down by 0.1 percent year-on-year in November, the bureau said, with the prices for transportation, especially petrol and diesel oil, dropping, while those for healthcare and education rising.
11月非食品价格同比下降0.1%，其中交通价格，尤其是汽油和柴油价格下降，而医疗保健和教育的价格上涨。
The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.5% year-on-year last month, the fifth consecutive month for the index to register the same growth, the bureau said.
11月，扣除食品和能源价格的核心CPI同比上涨0.5%，涨幅已连续5个月相同。