Customers choose fruits at a supermarket in Jing'an County of Yichun City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 9, 2019. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.9 percent year-on-year in December, down from 2.2 percent for November, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. (Xinhua/Xu Zhongting)