National Bureau of Statistics: In May 2025, the year-on-year decrease in consumer prices was 0.1%.

The resident consumer price index decreased by 0.1% year-on-year in May 2025 In May 2025, the national resident consumer price index decreased by 0.1% year-on-year. In detail, urban areas remained stable, while rural areas decreased by 0.4%; food prices decreased by 0.4%, non-food prices remained stable; consumer goods prices decreased by 0.5%, while service prices increased by 0.5%. On average from January to May, the national resident consumer price index decreased by 0.1% compared to the same period last year. In May, the national resident consumer price index decreased by 0.2% month-on-month. Specifically, urban areas decreased by 0.2%, rural areas decreased by 0.2%; food prices decreased by 0.2%, non-food prices decreased by 0.2%; consumer goods prices decreased by 0.3%, while service prices remained stable. I. Year-on-year changes in various commodity and service prices In May, the prices of food and tobacco products increased by 0.1% year-on-year, affecting the consumer price index by approximately 0.02 percentage points. Among food products, the prices of fresh fruits increased by 5.5%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.12 percentage points; seafood prices increased by 2.5%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.05 percentage points; meat prices increased by 0.7%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.02 percentage points, with pork prices rising by 3.1%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.04 percentage points; vegetable prices decreased by 8.3%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.17 percentage points; egg prices decreased by 3.5%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.02 percentage points; grain prices decreased by 1.4%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.02 percentage points. The prices of the other seven major categories increased year-on-year, except for a decrease in transportation and communication prices. II. Month-on-month changes in various commodity and service prices In May, the prices of food and tobacco products decreased by 0.2% month-on-month, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.05 percentage points. Among food products, vegetable prices decreased by 5.9%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.12 percentage points; egg prices decreased by 0.9%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.01 percentage points; meat prices decreased by 0.2%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.01 percentage points, with pork prices falling by 0.7%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.01 percentage points; fruit prices increased by 3.3%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.07 percentage points; seafood prices increased by 0.8%, affecting the CPI by approximately 0.02 percentage points. Transportation and communication prices decreased month-on-month, while prices in other categories either increased or remained stable. This article is from the National Bureau of Statistics, edited by GMTEight, translated by Chen Xiaoyi.