By the end of this month, China’s urban population will be larger than its rural population, according to a new Blue Book of statistics published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The current disposable income per capita of a rural resident in China is 36 per cent of the corresponding figure for an urban resident, but the rate of growth of incomes of rural residents (13.6 per cent) is significantly higher than the corresponding rate for urban residents (7.8 per cent).
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