China's main measure of consumer price inflation fell to 3.2 per cent in February, its lowest level for 20 months, dpa cited the government as saying on Friday. The monthly consumer price index rose by 3.2 per cent year-on-year, down from 4.5 per cent in January, the National Bureau of Statistics said. February's slower inflation resumed a gradual downward trend from August to December. The rise in consumer prices was driven by a 6.2-per-cent year-on-year jump in food prices in February, following growth of 10.5 per cent in food prices in January, the bureau said. It said the change in the monthly producer price index, which measures inflation in wholesale prices, eased to zero in February, down from 0.7 per cent year-on-year in January. In an annual economic report on Monday, Premier Wen Jiabao said the government hoped to limit consumer inflation to about 4 per cent this year. China's full-year inflation reached 5.4 per cent last year.
