In January and February, the national consumer price index (CPI) decreased by 0.1% year-on-year, with an increase of 0.5% in January and a decrease of 0.7% in February. By category, in January and February, the prices of food, tobacco, and alcohol decreased by 0.7% year-on-year, the price of clothing increased by 1.1%, the price of housing increased by 0.1%, the price of daily necessities and services decreased by 0.9%, transportation and communications prices decreased by 1.6%, the prices of education, culture, and Entertainment increased by 0.6%, Medical Care prices increased by 0.4%, and the prices of Other goods and services increased by 5.9%. Among the prices of food, tobacco, and alcohol, the price of fresh vegetables decreased by 5.5%, grain prices decreased by 1.4%, fresh fruit prices decreased by 0.6%, and Pork prices increased by 8.8%. The core CPI, excluding food and Energy prices, increased by 0.3% year-on-year. In terms of month-on-month, in January, the national consumer prices increased by 0.7%, and in February decreased by 0.2%.