People buy vegetables at a market in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 10, 2015. China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, climbed by 2 percent in August, the highest level seen in 2015, official data showed on Thursday. (Xinhua/Huan Yueliang)
People buy pork at a supermarket in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 10, 2015.
Workers collect crude salt at Taibei Saltern in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 10, 2015. About 500,000 mu (33.333 hectares) of crude salt fields here entered into a harvest season. Salt production area along the Huaihe River is one of China's four largest salt fields. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)
A teacher hugs her students at Binhu Road Elementary School on the Teacher's Day in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 10, 2015. China's Teacher's Day falls on Sept. 10 every year. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)