Whereas in beijing year-on-year food inflation in september was 5 per cent , in north-western urumqi it was almost 12 per cent .
9月份北京食品价格同比上涨5%,乌鲁木齐的涨幅则接近12%。
Cities such as urumqi , changchun and kunming - which have among the lowest per capita incomes in the country - have all experienced food inflation of more than 10 per cent . The national average for september was around 8 per cent .