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MNI POLICY: China CPI Manageable Despite Swine Flu: Stats Head

MNI (London)
     BEIJING (MNI) - China's inflation is under control despite being impacted
by persistently high pork prices, the head of the National Bureau of Statistics
told reporters Thursday.
     "The costs of other food items," apart from pork, remain moderate, and as
measures undertaken to boost supply and fight the African swine virus, which
killed herds across the country, inflation won't surge, Ning Jizhe, who also
serves as vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, said
on the sidelines of the Belt and Road forum in Beijing.
     Commenting on exports, Ning said data from the first quarter, especially
March, showed a "fairly quick" rebound, but cautioned that a slowing global
economy and rising protectionism will still limit a trade recovery. 
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 10 8532 5998; email: william.bi@mni-news.com
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 (10) 8532 5998; email: marissa.wang@marketnews.com
--MNI London Bureau; tel: +44 203-586-2225; email: les.commons@marketnews.com
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