China's inflation up 5.2% in February

Packed pork in a supermarket in Shanghai, February 12, 2020. /VCG

China's consumer inflation rose by 5.2 percent in February year on year, edging down from the 5.4-percent-surge in January, new data showed on Tuesday.

Meat prices surged by 87.6 percent last month, contributing to a 3.85-percentage-point increase of the consumer price index (CPI), said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Pork prices surged by 135.2 percentin February, much higher than the 116-percent-increase in January, resulting a 3.19-percentage-point increase of the CPI.

Food prices rose by 21.9 percent year on year last month,while non-food prices increased by 0.4 percent, data showed.