Pork vendors attend to customers at a market in Beijing January 22, 2008. China will release increased supplies of pork and food oil to ward off price spikes in the Lunar New Year holiday, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said, predicting fairly stable prices despite inflationary pressure. China is battling a surge of inflation driven by food price rises that have rattled consumers used to cheap essentials. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA)