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China Edges Towards Inequality Measure

Caixin magazine recently reported the National Bureau of Statistics’ failure for an eleventh consecutive year to release the country’s Gini coefficient, a key measure of economic inequality. Now, China Daily describes planned steps towards future publication of an official national figure.“The nationwide survey, which will provide basic data for China’s Gini coefficient calculation,