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CHINA'S Premier Wen Jiabao has ordered local leaders to boost pork production to help cool inflation that pushed up the price of the country's staple meat by 57 percent in June.

During a weekend visit to farm villages, Wen called for steps to cut production costs for pork, according to a statement yesterday on the Cabinet website.

A 14.4 percent jump in June food costs pushed inflation to a three-year high of 6.4 percent in June, above the government's 4 percent target.

"Pork consumption is a firmly fixed consumer necessity of the masses. A stable pork market is the government's unavoidable responsibility," Wen told farmers at a village in Shaanxi Province, according to the statement.


 

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