9-3  Consumer Price Indices by Category (2004)
		(preceding year=100)
Item	National	Urban	Rural
	Indices	Indices	Indices
Consumer Price Index	103.9	103.3	104.8
Food	109.9	109.1	111.5
Grain	126.4	125.7	127.7
Rice	133.2	132.2	134.9
Flour	124.1	122.9	125.5
Starches and Tubers	106.8	105.6	109.3
Bean and Its Products	120.5	120.8	119.9
Oil or Fat	118.2	115.1	121.8
Meal, Poultry and Their Products	117.6	117.9	117.1
Eggs	120.2	120.4	119.6
Aquatic Products	112.7	111.9	114.7
Vegetables	95.1	94.2	97.4
Fresh Vegetables	93.9	93.3	95.6
Flavoring	101.5	102.0	101.0
Carbohydrate	102.2	101.6	103.0
Tea and Beverages	100.0	100.1	99.8
Tea	101.1	101.4	100.5
Beverages	99.5	99.5	99.4
Dried and Fresh Melons and Fruits	104.0	103.8	104.5
Fresh Fruits	102.2	102.2	102.4
Cake, Biscuit and Bread	101.6	101.9	101.0
Milk and Its Products	100.5	100.2	101.8
Outward Dinner	104.1	103.8	104.6
Other Foods and Manufacturing Services	101.2	101.1	101.4
Tobacco, Liquor and Articles	101.2	101.2	101.3
Tobacco	100.9	100.6	101.1
Liquor	102.2	102.8	101.7
Articles for Smoking and Drinking	99.3	98.8	100.7
Clothing	98.5	98.5	98.4
Garments	98.3	98.4	98.1
Clothing Material	100.2	99.9	100.5
Footgear and Hats	98.3	98.2	98.6
Clothing Manufacturing Services	100.7	100.6	100.8
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	98.6	98.1	99.7
Durable Consumer Goods	97.1	96.6	98.3
Furniture	98.9	98.6	99.4
Household Facilities	96.1	95.7	97.3
Interior Decorations	99.2	99.1	99.4
Bed Articles	99.3	98.6	100.5
Daily Use Household Articles	99.8	99.5	100.4
Household Service and Manufacturing Upkeep	101.9	101.3	103.3
Health Care and Personal Articles	99.7	99.2	100.5
Health Care	99.1	98.4	100.1
Medical Instrument and Articles	102.3	103.3	101.6
Traditional Chinese Medicine	98.9	98.9	99.1
Western Medicine	94.9	95.3	94.1
Health Care Appliances and Articles	98.6	99.2	96.9
Health Care Services	105.2	103.6	106.8
Personal Articles and Services	101.2	101.0	101.3
Cosmetics	98.8	98.8	99.0
Sanitation Articles	98.4	98.2	98.8
Personal Decorations	104.5	106.1	102.7
Personal Services	101.8	101.3	102.4
Transportation and Communication	98.5	97.9	99.8
Transportation	100.4	100.1	100.7
Transportation Facility	96.5	95.1	97.8
Fuels and Parts	107.7	108.1	107.1
Using and Upkeep Fare	101.0	101.2	100.7
Incity Traffic Fare	101.0	101.1	100.5
Intercity Traffic Fare	102.5	101.6	103.4
Communication	96.8	96.2	98.4
Communication Facility	84.3	82.0	89.9
Communication Service	99.8	99.5	100.7
Recreation, Education and Culture Articles	101.3	100.8	102.1
Durable Consumer Goods for Cultural and	93.3	92.6	94.8
Recreational Use and Services
Education	103.4	103.1	103.8
Teaching Materials and Reference Books	102.8	102.5	103.4
Tuition and Child Care	103.4	103.2	103.8
Cultural and Recreational Articles	101.1	101.3	100.2
Cultural Articles	99.4	99.4	99.3
Newspapers and Magazines	100.6	100.5	100.7
Expenditure of Culture and Recreation	103.2	103.5	101.7
Touring and Outgoing	100.6	100.8	100.5
Residence	104.9	104.3	105.8
Building and Building Decoration Materials	104.3	103.2	104.8
Rent	103.0	103.1	102.6
Private Housing	100.9	100.9	101.1
Water, Electricity and Fuels	107.5	106.7	109.1