Customers buy fruits at a courtyard fruit stand in Beijing on October 23, 2008. China's policy makers started out the year focusing heavily on taming inflation, after food prices across the country had spiralled out of control, but they have recently shifted their emphasis more towards boosting growth. Earlier this week, the National Bureau of Statistics said China's consumer price index rose 7.0 percent in the first three quarters of the year. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)