[Chief Statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dong Lijuan: Month-on-month, the national PPI rose by 0.4%, the same increase as last month, marking five consecutive months of growth] Jin10 Data reported on March 9 that Dong Lijuan, Chief Statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the CPI and PPI data for February 2026. Month-on-month, the national PPI rose by 0.4%, the same increase as last month, marking five consecutive months of growth. The main characteristics of this month's PPI month-on-month performance are as follows: 1. The upward trend in international non-ferrous metal and crude oil prices drove domestic related industry prices higher. Prices in the non-ferrous metal mining and dressing industry, as well as the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry, rose by 7.1% and 4.6% month-on-month, respectively. Among them, prices for silver smelting, gold smelting, aluminum smelting, and copper smelting increased by 16.9%, 8.4%, 4.2%, and 3.7%, respectively. Prices in the petroleum and natural gas extraction industry, refined petroleum product manufacturing, and organic chemical raw material manufacturing rose by 5.1%, 0.7%, and 1.3%, respectively. Driven by cost-push factors, prices in the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 1.2%, with wire and cable manufacturing prices rising by 2.3%. 2. Growth in computing power drove demand in certain industries, leading to price increases. Prices in the computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry rose by 0.6% month-on-month, with prices for electronic semiconductor materials, external storage devices and components, and integrated circuit packaging and testing series increasing by 2.8%, 1.2%, and 1.1%, respectively.