China's headline consumer price inflation index rose 2 per cent in August from a year earlier. That was below the 2.3 per cent price increases recorded in July and less than the 2.2 per cent economists had forecast.
8月份，备受关注的中国消费者价格通胀指数同比上涨了2%，低于7月份录得的2.3%，也比经济学家预测的2.2%低。

This headline CPI is still much lower than the official target of 3.5 per cent, however, indicating the government will maintain its relatively loose monetary policy stance.
不过，这一备受关注的居民消费价格指数(CPI)的涨幅仍大大低于中国官方3.5%的通胀目标。这表明中国政府将维持相对宽松的货币政策立场。
However factory gate prices fell 1.2 per cent in August from a year earlier. That was more than the 0.9 per cent price fall recorded in July and more than the 1.1 per cent fall economists had forecast.
而8月份工业品出厂价格同比却下跌了1.2%，跌幅大于7月份的0.9%，也大于经济学家预计的1.1%。
It was the 30th consecutive month producer prices had declined.
这是中国工业品出厂价格指数连续第30个月下滑。