Consumers buy goods at a supermarket in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 9, 2012. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2 percent year on year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Sunday. The inflation rate increased from a 33-month low of 1.7 percent in October as food prices increased. (Xinhua/Wang Jiuzhong) |