On Oct. 20, it is learned from the news conference on the price situation of the first three quarters that the city's CPI rose 2.0% during January to September 2017, 0.7 percentage points lower than the same period last year.

The prices of all eight categories of goods and services increased. Among them, the prices of communication and transportation boosted by 3.4%, the prices of health care increased by 3.3%, the prices of life supplies and services grew by 3.2%, the prices of housing rose 2.3%, the prices of education, culture and entertainment rose 1.7%, the prices of other supplies and services increased by 1.6%, the prices of clothing grew by 1.2%, and the prices of food, alcohol and tobacco rose 0.7%.