A citizen buys vegetable at a market in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 6, 2012. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2 percent year on year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Sunday. The inflation rate increased from a 33-month low of 1.7 percent in October as food prices increased.

A citizen buys vegetable at a market in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 6, 2012. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2 percent year on year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Sunday. The inflation rate increased from a 33-month low of 1.7 percent in October as food prices increased. [Xinhua photo]