Consumer Price Index in December 2025

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In December 2025, China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.8% year on year. Specifically, the price indexes in urban and rural areas increased by 0.9% and 0.6%, respectively; food and non-food price indexes increased by 1.1% and 0.8%, respectively; the price indexes for consumer goods and services increased by 1.0% and 0.6%, respectively.

In December, China’s CPI increased by 0.2% month on month. Specifically, the price indexes for both urban and rural areas increased by 0.2%; food and non-food price indexes increased by 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively; the price index for consumer goods increased by 0.3%, while that for services remained flat.

China’s CPI for 2025 remained flat compared with the previous year.

I. Year-on-Year Changes in Price Indexes for Various Goods and Services

In December, the price index for food, tobacco and liquor increased by 0.8% year on year, pushing the CPI up by about 0.24 percentage points. Among food, the price index for fresh vegetables increased by 18.2%, pushing the CPI up by about 0.39 percentage points; that for fresh fruits increased by 4.4%, pushing the CPI up by about 0.09 percentage points; that for aquatic products increased by 1.6%, pushing the CPI up by about 0.03 percentage points; that for eggs decreased by 12.7%, pushing the CPI down by about 0.09 percentage points; that for meat of livestock decreased by 6.1%, pushing the CPI down by about 0.19 percentage points, of which the price index for pork decreased by 14.6%, pushing the CPI down by about 0.20 percentage points; that for grain decreased by 0.3%, pushing the CPI down by about 0.01 percentage points.

Among the price indexes for the other seven major categories, five increased and two decreased year on year. Specifically, the price indexes for miscellaneous goods and services, household facilities, articles and services, and health care and medical services increased by 17.4%, 2.2%, and 1.8%, respectively; the price indexes for clothing, and education, culture and recreation increased by 1.7% and 0.9%, respectively; the price indexes for transportation and telecommunication, and residence decreased by 2.6% and 0.2%, respectively.

II. Month-on-Month Changes in Price Indexes for Various Goods and Services

In December, the price index for food, tobacco and liquor increased by 0.2% month on month, pushing the CPI up by about 0.05 percentage points. Among food, the price index for fresh fruits increased by 2.6%, pushing the CPI up by about 0.05 percentage points; that for fresh vegetables increased by 0.8%, pushing the CPI up by about 0.02 percentage points; that for meat of livestock decreased by 0.8%, pushing the CPI down by about 0.02 percentage points, of which the price index for pork decreased by 1.7%, pushing the CPI down by about 0.02 percentage points.

Among the price indexes for the other seven major categories, four increased, two remained flat, and one decreased month on month. Specifically, the price indexes for miscellaneous goods and services, and household facilities, articles and services increased by 2.8% and 0.4%, respectively; the price indexes for education, culture and recreation, and health care and medical services both increased by 0.1%; the price indexes for clothing, and transportation and telecommunication both remained flat; and the price index for residence decreased by 0.1%.

Consumer Price Indexes in December 2025

	Growth Rate M/M (%)	Growth Rate Y/Y (%)	Growth Rate in 2025 (%)
Consumer Price Index	0.2	0.8	0.0
Of which: Urban	0.2	0.9	0.1
Rural	0.2	0.6	-0.2
Of which: Food	0.3	1.1	-1.5
Non-food	0.1	0.8	0.4
Of which: Consumer goods	0.3	1.0	-0.3
Services	0.0	0.6	0.5
Of which: Excluding food and energy	0.2	1.2	0.7
By category
I. Food, tobacco and liquor	0.2	0.8	-0.7
Grain	0.1	-0.3	-1.0
Edible oil and fats	0.1	-1.0	-1.6
Fresh vegetables	0.8	18.2	-3.9
Meat of livestock	-0.8	-6.1	-3.7
Of which: Pork	-1.7	-14.6	-6.1
Beef	-0.2	6.9	-1.1
Mutton	0.2	4.4	-1.5
Aquatic products	0.2	1.6	1.4
Eggs	0.0	-12.7	-7.4
Milk and other dairy products	-0.3	-1.8	-1.5
Fresh fruits	2.6	4.4	1.2
Cigarettes	0.0	-0.2	0.1
Liquor	-0.5	-2.1	-1.9
II. Clothing	0.0	1.7	1.5
Garments	0.1	1.8	1.7
Footwear	-0.1	1.4	1.0
III. Residence	-0.1	-0.2	0.1
Rent of rental housing	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1
Water, electricity and fuels	0.0	0.3	0.4
IV. Household facilities, articles and services	0.4	2.2	0.9
Home appliances	1.4	5.9	1.8
Household services	0.1	1.2	1.9
V. Transportation and telecommunication	0.0	-2.6	-2.6
Transport facilities	0.1	-1.9	-2.9
Fuels for transport facilities	-1.1	-8.2	-7.1
Use and maintenance of transport facilities	0.0	0.0	0.2
Telecommunication facilities	3.0	-0.7	0.6
Telecommunication services	0.0	0.0	0.0
Postal services	0.0	0.0	-0.1
VI. Education, culture and recreation	0.1	0.9	0.8
Education services	0.0	0.6	1.0
Touring	0.1	2.1	0.4
VII. Health care and medical services	0.1	1.8	0.8
Traditional Chinese medicines	-0.1	-1.2	-0.3
Western medicines	0.0	-1.3	-1.2
Medical services	0.2	2.9	1.4
VIII. Miscellaneous goods and services	2.8	17.4	9.3

Annotations:

1. Index Interpretation

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an indicator that measures relative changes in the price level of consumer goods and services over time. It comprehensively reflects changes in prices of consumer goods and services purchased by residents.

2. Statistical Coverage

The CPI statistical survey covers the prices of eight major categories of goods and services purchased by national urban and rural residents, including food, tobacco and liquor, clothing, residence, household facilities, articles and services, transportation and telecommunication, education, culture and recreation, health care and medical services, and miscellaneous goods and services, as well as 268 basic categories.

3. Survey Method

Survey sites are selected using a sampling method. In accordance with the principle of “fixed person, fixed site, and fixed time”, original prices are collected either through on-site visits to the survey sites or from online sources. The data comes from nearly 100,000 survey sites in about 500 cities and counties in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), covering shopping malls (stores), supermarkets, farmers’ (fresh produce) markets, service outlets, and Internet e-commerce.

4. Data Description

Due to rounding, the aggregate data may be equal to the high or low value of the classified figures.