A citizen buys pork at a farming produce market in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 9, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 3.2 percent year on year in February, the lowest growth since June 2010, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.

The increase eased from a 4.5-percent rise registered in January, when a shopping spree during the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year boosted retail prices.

The country's CPI climbed 3.9 percent in the first two months compared with the previous year. On a monthly basis, CPI dipped 0.1 percent in February, the NBS said.

Food prices, which account for nearly one-third of the weighting in the calculation of China's CPI, increased 6.2 percent last month from one year earlier. Food price growth also slowed from January's 10.5 percent rise.

China PPI stays flat in Feb.

China's Producer Price Index (PPI), a main gauge of inflation at the wholesale level, remained unchanged in February from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday.

China's retail sales up 14.7 pct

China's retail sales rose 14.7 percent year on year to 3.37 trillion yuan (533.8 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday.

China's fixed-asset investment up 21.5 pct

China's urban fixed asset investment climbed 21.5 percent to 2.1189 trillion yuan (about 336 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of 2012 from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

China's industrial value-added output up 11.4 pct

China's industrial value-added output grew 11.4 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.