In January 2022, the national consumer price rose by 0.9% year-on-year. Among them, the urban rose by 1.1% and the rural rose by 0.4%; Food prices fell by 3.8% and non food prices rose by 2.0%; Consumer goods prices rose 0.4% and service prices rose 1.7%. In January, the national consumer price rose by 0.4% month on month. Among them, 0.5% in urban areas and 0.3% in rural areas; Food prices rose by 1.4% and non food prices rose by 0.2%; Consumer goods prices rose 0.5% and service prices rose 0.3%. 1、 Year on year changes in prices of various goods and services In January, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 1.8% year-on-year, affecting the CPI (consumer price index) to decline by about 0.52 percentage points. In food, the price of livestock meat decreased by 25.6%, which affected the decline of CPI by about 1.11 percentage points, of which the price of pork decreased by 41.6%, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.96 percentage points; The price of fresh vegetables decreased by 4.1%, affecting the decline of CPI by about 0.10 percentage points; Fresh fruit prices rose by 9.9%, affecting CPI by about 0.19 percentage points; The price of aquatic products rose by 8.8%, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.16 percentage points; Egg prices rose by 1.9%, affecting CPI by about 0.01 percentage points; Grain prices rose by 1.6%, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.03 percentage points. The prices of the other seven categories rose and fell year-on-year. The prices of communication, health care and living services rose by 1.0%, 0.4%, and 2.4% respectively, with the prices of communication, health care and living services rising by 0.4%, 4.4% and 2.0% respectively; The price of other supplies and services decreased by 0.1%. 2、 Month on month changes in prices of various goods and services In January, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 1.1% month on month, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.30 percentage points. In food, the price of fresh fruit increased by 7.2%, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.14 percentage points; The price of aquatic products rose by 4.1%, affecting the CPI rise by about 0.08 percentage points; The price of fresh vegetables increased by 3.1%, affecting the increase of CPI by about 0.07 percentage points; Egg prices fell by 1.1%, affecting CPI by about 0.01 percentage points; The price of livestock meat decreased by 0.8%, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.03 percentage points, of which the price of pork decreased by 2.5%, which affected the decline of CPI by about 0.04 percentage points. The prices of the other seven categories rose by four, leveled by one and fell by two. Among them, the prices of transportation and communication, other supplies and services increased by 1.1% and 0.9% respectively, and the prices of education, culture and entertainment and medical care increased by 0.2% and 0.1% respectively; Housing prices are flat; The prices of clothing, daily necessities and services decreased by 0.5% and 0.1% respectively. note appended 1. Index Interpretation Consumer price index (CPI) is a relative number that measures the price level of consumer goods and services over time, and comprehensively reflects the changes in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by residents. 2. Statistical scope The consumer price survey covers the prices of goods and services of 268 basic classifications in 8 categories, including food, tobacco and alcohol, clothing, residence, daily necessities and services, transportation and communication, education, culture and entertainment, medical care, other supplies and services. 3. Investigation methods Sampling survey method is adopted to select and determine the survey outlets. According to the principle of "fixed person, fixed point and fixed time", directly send people to the survey outlets or collect the original prices from the Internet. The data comes from about 500 cities and counties in 31 provinces (districts and cities) and nearly 100000 price survey points, including shopping malls (stores), supermarkets, farmers' markets, service outlets and Internet e-commerce. 4. Data description Due to "rounding", sometimes the total data is the same as the high or low value of the classified data. (Xinhua News Agency)