Friday, March 12, 2010

Breaking News-RTRS-China commerce minister sees inflation as 2010 risk

BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - Rising inflation, imported via global commodity prices, is China's major policy concern this year, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Thursday.
Chen was speaking to reporters during the annual session of parliament, hours after the government reported a rise in consumer price inflation to 2.7 percent in the year to February from 1.5 percent in the 12 months to January.