< p > data released by the Macao provincial government statistics and Census Bureau on 21 may show that the Macao Composite Consumer Price Index (inflation rate) increased by 6.15% in August this year, reaching a new high since 2009.

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< p > data show that Macao's inflation rate is mainly driven by rising prices of restaurants, gasoline and gold ornaments.

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< p > compared with August last year, prices of goods and services increased most obviously. Traffic increased by 10.64%, miscellaneous goods and services increased by 10.34%, food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 8.79%, garments and < a target= "_blank" href= "http://m.pmae.cn/" > shoes < /a > 8.49%.

The rise in inflation is also driven by the rising price of gasoline, gold and food. The price of fresh fish, fresh pork and women's clothing is also an important reason for the rising inflation rate.

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< p > data also show that Macao's inflation rate continued to rise from January to August this year.

In the first 8 months, the composite consumer price index in Macao increased by 5.37% over the same period last year.

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< p > in recent years, Putian has increased investment support to the footwear industry to help enterprises grow bigger and stronger and seize the commanding heights of the industry.

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< p > according to the latest survey data of Putian investigation team, in 2012, the sales of Putian a target= "_blank" href= "http://m.pmae.cn/" > leather < /a > fur, feather (velvet) and its products industry increased by 1.72% over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 1.66 percentage points higher than that of the whole province. The annual sales accounted for 15.3% of the whole province's industry, 0.3 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year, and the influence of the same industry in the whole province increased continuously.

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