The core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 1 percent year-on-year, edging down from 1.5 percent in the previous month.
The country also plans to shift the collection of consumption tax to the point of sales from the production and import stage, which will in effect boost local governments' revenue and offer them the incentives to create pro-consumption environments.
The country will steadily promote the registration-based initial public offerings (IPOs) system throughout the capital market, Yi said, adding that with reform of the registration system taking the lead, China's capital market will see innovations in key mechanisms in the future.
The country is in the middle of capacity cutting in its overloaded coal sectors, with plans to reduce a further 150 million tons of capacity this year.
The country saw about 40 billion parcels delivered last year, up 28 percent year-on-year, ranking top globally for the fourth consecutive year, official data showed.
The country also has set aside about 10,000 scholarships for countries along the initiative's routes, and reached a broad consensus with those countries in science, culture, tourism and health, aiding people-to-people exchanges, he noted.
北京别墅改造
The continuous increase in pork prices and the CPI raised an alarm among the authorities. In its third-quarter monetary policy implementation report released on Nov 16, the People's Bank of China, the central bank, stressed that the CPI growth was mainly driven by a rapid increase in food prices, especially pork prices, whereas the prices of other goods and services remained generally stable.
The contribution rate of high-tech manufacturing industry to industrial growth was more than 40 percent.
The corneal test, the sixth case authorized by the Japanese government using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, will be conducted by a team of researchers from Osaka University led by Professor Kohji Nishida.
The congressman said his Washington D.C. office will be closed with staff members working remotely until further notice.