NBS data showed the slower growth of consumer prices is mainly due to the fluctuations in food and travel prices.
Local authorities have been urged to launch an eight-month crackdown on illegal activities related to meat products, according to a notice released after several food safety incidents were exposed on World Consumer Rights Day, which fell on March 15.
The majority of the capital goods monitored by China's statistical authorities registered higher prices in early September compared to late August, official data showed on 14th of Sept.
A handful of Chinese cities have issued warning letters regulating market prices for catering and accommodation in a bid to ensure tourists have pleasant and reasonably priced holidays, particularly during the upcoming May Day holiday.
The recovery of the Chinese economy is expected to cool global inflation instead of pushing it up, and China's inflation growth and overall prices will remain tame and stable, according to economists and analysts.