8-3  Consumer Price Indices by Category (2008)
	(preceding year=100)
Item	National	Urban	Rural
	Indices	Indices	Indices
Consumer Price Index	105.9	105.6	106.5
Food	114.3	114.5	114.0
Grain	107.0	107.2	106.7
Rice	104.3	104.3	104.2
Flour	106.1	105.7	106.5
Starches and Tubers	111.2	111.5	110.8
Beans and Bean Products	134.4	135.4	132.3
Oil or Fat	125.4	124.9	125.9
Meat, Poultry and Processed Products	121.7	122.6	120.0
Eggs	104.3	104.3	104.3
Aquatic Products	114.2	113.8	115.0
Vegetables	111.0	110.9	111.3
Fresh Vegetables	110.7	110.5	111.3
Flavoring	105.5	106.2	104.5
Carbohydrate	104.0	104.9	102.5
Tea and Beverages	103.7	103.9	103.2
Tea	102.2	102.3	102.1
Beverages	104.4	104.7	103.8
Dried and Fresh Melons and Fruits	110.8	110.9	110.7
Fresh Fruits	109.0	108.9	109.3
Cake, Biscuit and Bread	109.2	109.7	107.9
Milk and Its Products	117.0	118.0	113.3
Dining Out	111.8	111.8	111.9
Other Foods	108.4	108.9	107.6
Tobacco, Liquor and Articles	102.9	103.1	102.6
Tobacco	100.4	100.3	100.5
Liquor	107.5	108.6	106.1
Articles for Smoking and Drinking	100.9	101.1	100.6
Clothing	98.5	98.2	99.4
Garments	98.3	98.2	98.8
Clothing Material	102.4	101.7	103.0
Footgear and Hats	98.2	97.6	99.8
Clothing Manufacturing Services	104.1	104.8	103.0
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	102.8	103.0	102.4
Durable Consumer Goods	101.2	101.3	101.1
Furniture	102.3	102.4	102.0
Household Facilities	100.7	100.7	100.6
Interior Decorations	100.2	100.0	100.8
Bed Articles	99.7	99.5	100.1
Daily Use Household Articles	104.9	105.3	104.2
Household Services and Maintenance and Renovation	109.0	109.8	106.7
Health Care and Personal Articles	102.9	102.8	103.2
Health Care	102.2	102.1	102.5
Medical Instrument and Articles	99.7	100.3	98.9
Traditional Chinese Medicine	106.8	106.5	107.5
Western Medicine	101.1	101.1	101.2
Health Care Appliances and Articles	102.1	102.0	102.6
Health Care Services	100.5	100.1	101.1
Personal Articles and Services	104.4	104.2	104.9
Cosmetics	100.6	100.6	100.8
Sanitation Articles	101.7	101.6	102.0
Personal Ornaments	109.7	110.3	108.3
Personal Services	105.0	104.3	106.4
Transportation and Communication	99.1	98.4	100.7
Transportation	102.2	101.1	104.3
Transportation Facility	98.4	97.0	101.0
Fuels and Parts	113.5	113.6	113.3
Fees for Vehicles Use and Maintenance	100.8	100.6	101.2
Incity Traffic Fare	100.5	99.8	103.7
Intercity Traffic Fare	104.3	102.9	106.5
Communication	95.6	95.6	95.6
Communication Facility	80.7	78.4	85.2
Communication Service	98.8	98.9	98.7
Recreation, Education and Culture Articles	99.3	99.1	99.9
Durable Consumer Goods for Cultural and	92.3	91.1	95.1
Recreational Use and Services
Education	100.5	100.4	100.9
Teaching Materials and Reference Books	100.6	100.7	100.4
Tuition and Child Care	100.5	100.3	100.9
Cultural and Recreational Articles	101.3	101.3	101.2
Cultural Articles	99.9	99.4	101.2
Newspapers and Magazines	102.1	102.5	101.0
Expenditure on Culture and Recreation	102.1	102.2	101.4
Touring and Outing	101.1	101.1	100.4
Residence	105.5	104.3	108.2
Building and Building Decoration Materials	107.1	106.4	107.6
Renting	103.5	103.5	103.8
Private Housing	102.8	102.6	104.0
Water, Electricity and Fuels	106.4	104.7	110.8