9-3 Consumer Price Indices by Category (2009)
	(preceding year=100)
Item	National	Urban	Rural
	Indices	Indices	Indices
Consumer Price Index	99.3	99.1	99.7
Food	100.7	101.0	100.1
Grain	105.6	105.7	105.5
Rice	106.0	106.1	105.7
Flour	107.2	107.5	106.9
Starches and Tubers	103.4	103.7	102.9
Beans and Bean Products	98.3	98.6	97.8
Oil or Fat	81.7	82.1	81.2
Meat, Poultry and Processed Products	91.3	91.5	90.8
Eggs	101.6	101.3	102.0
Aquatic Products	102.5	102.7	101.7
Vegetables	113.6	113.4	114.0
Fresh Vegetables	115.4	115.0	116.7
Flavoring	103.4	103.7	103.0
Carbohydrate	102.5	102.6	102.1
Tea and Beverages	101.8	102.0	101.4
Tea	101.4	101.6	101.0
Beverages	102.0	102.1	101.6
Dried and Fresh Melons and Fruits	107.1	107.0	107.5
Fresh Fruits	109.1	109.0	109.5
Cake, Biscuit and Bread	102.9	102.7	103.3
Milk and Its Products	101.5	101.4	102.3
Dining Out	102.7	102.4	103.5
Other Foods	101.7	101.6	101.8
Tobacco, Liquor and Articles	101.5	101.7	101.3
Tobacco	100.4	100.4	100.3
Liquor	103.4	103.8	102.9
Articles for Smoking and Drinking	101.2	101.3	100.6
Clothing	98.0	97.8	98.4
Garments	97.8	97.7	98.1
Clothing Material	100.9	101.1	100.7
Footgear and Hats	97.8	97.5	98.6
Clothing Manufacturing Services	103.5	104.1	102.5
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	100.2	100.3	100.0
Durable Consumer Goods	98.1	98.2	98.1
Furniture	99.7	99.9	99.1
Household Facilities	97.3	97.2	97.5
Interior Decorations	99.7	99.7	99.9
Bed Articles	98.8	98.6	99.1
Daily Use Household Articles	102.5	102.7	102.1
Household Services and Maintenance and Renovation	105.2	105.5	104.4
Health Care and Personal Articles	101.2	101.1	101.5
Health Care	101.4	101.3	101.5
Medical Instrument and Articles	101.6	101.9	101.2
Traditional Chinese Medicine	102.6	103.0	101.6
Western Medicine	101.0	100.8	101.6
Health Care Appliances and Articles	101.1	101.0	101.3
Health Care Services	101.0	100.9	101.2
Personal Articles and Services	100.8	100.5	101.5
Cosmetics	100.8	100.8	100.8
Sanitation Articles	102.1	102.2	101.9
Personal Ornaments	96.3	95.8	97.5
Personal Services	103.8	103.4	104.8
Transportation and Communication	97.6	97.3	98.2
Transportation	98.6	98.3	99.3
Transportation Facility	98.0	97.2	99.6
Fuels and Parts	92.8	92.9	92.7
Fees for Vehicles Use and Maintenance	101.1	101.3	100.8
Incity Traffic Fare	100.6	100.4	101.7
Intercity Traffic Fare	100.5	100.2	101.1
Communication	96.3	96.2	96.5
Communication Facility	81.7	79.1	87.2
Communication Service	99.5	99.5	99.4
Recreation, Education and Culture Articles	99.3	98.8	100.6
Durable Consumer Goods for Cultural and	90.6	89.3	93.7
Recreational Use and Services
Education	101.6	101.1	102.4
Teaching Materials and Reference Books	102.9	103.2	102.5
Tuition and Child Care	101.4	100.9	102.4
Cultural and Recreational Articles	102.5	102.7	102.1
Cultural Articles	99.8	99.6	100.6
Newspapers and Magazines	107.6	108.7	104.6
Expenditure on Culture and Recreation	102.1	102.2	101.9
Touring and Outing	97.5	97.3	98.9
Residence	96.4	95.4	98.5
Building and Building Decoration Materials	100.2	100.8	99.6
Renting	101.6	101.6	101.4
Private Housing	85.3	83.5	93.0
Water, Electricity and Fuels	97.9	97.7	98.5