A tofu vendor at her stall in Huaibei, China. China’s annual consumer price inflation ticked down to 1.9% in September from 2% in August, leaving room for further policy easing. Reuters

A labourer at a construction site in Hefei, Anhui province. Food prices, which account for nearly one-third of the weighting in the calculation of China’s CPI, rose 2.5 % last month from the year earlier. Reuters

Chinese cars wait to be exported from a port in Dalian, Liaoning province. China’s producer price index (PPI) dropped 3.6% year-on-year in September, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Reuters

An employee at the Zhongsheng Christmas Crafts factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. The 3.6% drop in September marked the seventh straight month of decline after the PPI dropped in March, the first time since December 2009.Reuters

A customer looks at a cooking oil bottle in a supermarket in Beijing. In the first nine months, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 2.8%, a decline from the 3.3% rise in the first half of the year, reported China Daily. Reuters

A container ship docked at Ningbo port in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. China’s exports rose 9.9% in September, according to figures released by the General Administration of Customs and reported by the China Daily. Reuters

A vendor sleeps on packs of grapefruit at a market in Wuhan, Hubei province. Imports ended three months of consecutive drops in September, up 2.4% from a year earlier, according to GAC data. Reuters

Passengers aboard a train as it approaches Beijing. China has cut planned railway investment by 500 billion yuan ($79.5 billion) to 2.3 trillion yuan under a five-year plan to 2015 as per the Economic Information Daily. Reuters

Vendors nap on chairs among boxes of fruits at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Wuhan, Hubei. Reuters

People walk in front of signs for KFC and Pizza Hut in Shanghai, China. The owner of the three chains predicted the fast-growing China business will serve up another round of strong profit growth next year. AP