A consumer selects commodities at a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, May 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

A consumer weighs vegetable at a supermarket in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, May 8, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

A consumer selects pork at a food market in Dehui City, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. (Xinhua/Lin Hong)

A consumer selects food at a supermarket in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, May 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Consumers select fruit at a supermarket in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, May 8, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Consumers select vegetable at a supermarket in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, May 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

Consumers select fruit at a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, May 9, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.4 percent year on year in April, up from 2.1 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The NBS attributed the gain mainly to an unusual increase in vegetable prices during that month as low temperatures and scarce rainfalls disrupted supplies. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)