From Chinaelections.org:
Wealth disparity has been growing despite government efforts to stop the trend, according to the national economic planner.
Salaries have grown steadily in the past 15 years but the income gap continues to rise, the National Development and Reform Commission said on its website on Wednesday.
The report said the disparity between urban and rural residents as well as farmers and urbanites is widening.The income of urban residents was 3.2 times that of farmers for the past three years, an “alarming” situation compared with other countries, said Su Hainan, director of the wage research center affiliated to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. [Full Text]
