Stabilizing consumer prices a top priority: Wen

BEIJING - China's inflation will be kept under control despite strong momentum from the recent surge in pork prices, authorities assured on Tuesday.

Inflationary pressures are already restrained but are yet to be eliminated, said Premier Wen Jiabao in a statement published on the central government's website.

"Stabilizing the general level of consumer prices remains the top priority of our macroeconomic regulation," Wen said during a visit to Northeast China's Liaoning province on Sunday and Monday. "Prices will be effectively controlled when government policies take effect."