A citizen buys vegetable at a market in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 10, 2017. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2 percent in 2016 -- up from 1.4 percent in 2015 -- the same rate as 2014, according to a National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) statement. (Xinhua/Long Lei)