9-3  Consumer Price Indices by Category (2006)
			(preceding year=100)
Item	National	Urban	Rural
	Indices	Indices	Indices
Consumer Price Index	101.5	101.5	101.5
Food	102.3	102.5	102.1
Grain	102.7	102.7	102.9
Rice	104.3	104.2	104.4
Flour	99.7	99.7	99.7
Starches and Tubers	101.8	100.1	104.3
Beans and Bean Products	100.8	100.6	101.1
Oil or Fat	98.6	98.9	98.3
Meal, Poultry and Processed Products	97.1	97.1	97.0
Eggs	96.0	96.0	96.0
Aquatic Products	101.2	101.5	100.6
Vegetables	108.2	108.2	108.4
Fresh Vegetables	108.2	108.2	108.2
Flavoring	102.3	102.1	102.5
Carbohydrate	111.2	109.7	113.4
Tea and Beverages	101.0	101.1	100.8
Tea	101.2	101.2	101.4
Beverages	100.9	101.1	100.4
Dried and Fresh Melons and Fruits	117.9	117.2	119.9
Fresh Fruits	121.5	120.2	124.9
Cake, Biscuit and Bread	101.3	101.5	101.0
Milk and Its Products	100.9	100.9	100.8
Dining Out	101.6	101.7	101.4
Other Foods and Manufacturing Services	101.2	101.2	101.2
Tobacco, Liquor and Articles	100.6	100.8	100.3
Tobacco	100.2	100.2	100.1
Liquor	101.2	101.9	100.6
Articles for Smoking and Drinking	100.7	100.8	100.3
Clothing	99.4	99.4	99.6
Garments	99.0	99.0	99.1
Clothing Material	100.5	100.2	100.8
Footgear and Hats	100.2	100.2	100.4
Clothing Manufacturing Services	101.5	101.6	101.3
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	101.2	101.3	101.0
Durable Consumer Goods	100.8	100.9	100.6
Furniture	100.2	100.2	100.3
Household Facilities	101.2	101.3	100.8
Interior Decorations	100.0	100.0	100.0
Bed Articles	99.6	99.4	99.9
Daily Use Household Articles	101.1	101.1	101.2
Household Services and Maintenance and Renovation	105.8	106.0	105.0
Health Care and Personal Articles	101.1	100.9	101.5
Health Care	100.2	100.0	100.6
Medical Instrument and Articles	97.2	97.6	96.9
Traditional Chinese Medicine	99.9	100.0	99.6
Western Medicine	98.4	98.2	98.8
Health Care Appliances and Articles	100.3	100.4	100.0
Health Care Services	103.0	102.6	103.6
Personal Articles and Services	103.2	103.0	103.4
Cosmetics	99.7	99.6	100.0
Sanitation Articles	99.9	99.8	99.9
Personal Ornaments	110.8	111.5	109.4
Personal Services	102.5	102.2	103.0
Transportation and Communication	99.9	99.3	101.3
Transportation	103.2	102.6	104.4
Transportation Facility	97.8	96.8	99.3
Fuels and Parts	112.8	113.0	112.4
Fees for Vehicles Use and Maintenance	102.4	102.6	102.1
Incity Traffic Fare	104.8	104.1	107.5
Intercity Traffic Fare	105.6	104.1	107.8
Communication	96.4	96.1	97.2
Communication Facility	82.2	79.6	87.6
Communication Service	100.0	99.9	100.3
Recreation, Education and Culture Articles	99.5	100.0	98.6
Durable Consumer Goods for Cultural and	94.2	93.2	96.1
Recreational Use and Services
Education	100.0	101.0	98.5
Teaching Materials and Reference Books	100.3	100.7	99.6
Tuition and Child Care	100.0	101.0	98.4
Cultural and Recreational Articles	101.0	101.1	100.9
Cultural Articles	99.6	99.5	99.8
Newspapers and Magazines	100.7	100.7	100.6
Expenditure on Culture and Recreation	102.6	102.5	103.0
Touring and Outing	103.1	103.3	102.1
Residence	104.6	104.7	104.6
Building and Building Decoration Materials	103.9	103.9	103.9
Renting	102.7	102.5	103.8
Private Housing	103.7	103.9	103.3
Water, Electricity and Fuels	105.9	105.9	105.8