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1. Report Industry Investment Rating - No information provided in the content. 2. Core View of the Report - In February, China's overall inflation level rebounded unexpectedly. It is expected that in March, the CPI will decline slightly month - on - month due to post - Spring Festival seasonal factors, while the year - on - year CPI will remain at a relatively high level. The conflict between the US, Israel and Iran in March has pushed up the prices of crude oil and energy - chemical products, and it is expected that the PPI will continue to rise month - on - month in March, with the year - on - year PPI possibly rebounding to around 0% [5][18]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs CPI Analysis - Year - on - Year Data: In February, the national consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.3% year - on - year, higher than the market expectation of 0.9% and the previous value of 0.2%. The main reasons for the large year - on - year increase were the misaligned Spring Festival holidays compared to last year and the recovery of consumer demand. Food prices rose 1.7% year - on - year, affecting the CPI to rise by about 0.30 percentage points. Non - food prices rose 1.3% year - on - year. Core CPI rose 1.8% year - on - year. Service prices rose 1.6% year - on - year, affecting the CPI to rise by about 0.75 percentage points. Consumer goods prices rose 1.1% year - on - year [2][7]. - Month - on - Month Data: In February, the CPI rose 1.0% month - on - month, compared with a 0.2% increase in the previous month. Food prices rose 1.9% month - on - month. Non - food prices rose 0.8% month - on - month. Consumer goods prices rose 0.8% month - on - month. Service prices rose 1.1% month - on - month. Core CPI rose 0.7% month - on - month. The Spring Festival holiday in 2026 had one more day than in 2025, leading to a concentrated release of consumer demand [2][8]. - Eight - Category Classification: In February, food, tobacco, alcohol and dining - out prices rose 1.4% month - on - month, affecting the CPI to rise by about 0.40 percentage points. Among the other seven major categories, five rose, one was flat, and one declined month - on - month. Transportation and communication prices rose 2.2% month - on - month, medical care prices rose 0.1% month - on - month, education, culture and entertainment prices rose 1.6% month - on - month, clothing prices fell 0.1% month - on - month, household goods and services prices rose 0.2% month - on - month, and other goods and services rose 2.3% month - on - month [9]. PPI Analysis - Year - on - Year Data: In February, the national industrial producer price index (PPI) fell 0.9% year - on - year, better than the market expectation of a 1.2% decline and the previous value of a 1.4% decline. Production material prices fell 0.7% year - on - year, affecting the overall industrial producer price level to fall by about 0.55 percentage points. Mining industry prices fell 5.3% year - on - year. Raw material industry prices fell 1.9% year - on - year. Processing industry prices rose 0.3% year - on - year, the first year - on - year increase since August 2022. Some industries with large year - on - year price declines included the oil and gas extraction industry and the oil, coal and other fuel processing industry. Some industries with large year - on - year price increases included the non - ferrous metal mining and dressing industry and the non - ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry. Living material prices fell 1.6% year - on - year [3][14][15]. - Month - on - Month Data: In February, the PPI rose 0.4% month - on - month, rising for the fifth consecutive month. Production material prices rose 0.5% month - on - month. Mining industry prices rose 1.2% month - on - month. Raw material industry prices rose 0.2% month - on - month. Processing industry prices rose 0.6% month - on - month, rising for the fifth consecutive month. Some industries with large month - on - month price increases included the non - ferrous metal mining and dressing industry, the oil and gas extraction industry, and the non - ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry. The automobile manufacturing industry's prices fell 0.2% month - on - month. Living material prices were flat month - on - month, with durable consumer goods prices rising 0.3% month - on - month, rising for two consecutive months after seven consecutive months of decline last year [4][15][16].