China CPI rises 2.6 pct in 2013 (2/4)

Consumers select apples at a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, Jan 6, 2013. China's consumer price index (CPI) grew 2.5 percent year on year in December, and 2.6 percent for the whole of 2013, well below the government's full-year target of 3.5 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. December's CPI, a main gauge of inflation, was 0.5 percentage points lower than the previous month. (Xinhua/Yang Shichao)