Rich-poor divide serious in China, survey |
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| A vendor1 sells toys in a village in Shandong Province, March 26, 2006. About 90 percent of Chinese believe the polarization between the rich and poor is "serious" in China, according to a survey. |
| Dec. 26 - About 90 percent of Chinese believe the polarization between the rich and poor is "serious" in China, according to a survey.
And more than 80 percent of the respondents surveyed said something must be done to narrow the expanding gap between the rich and poor, while 14.1 per cent said it was unnecessary.
The China Youth Daily, which conducted the survey together with Sina.com, reported that more than half of the respondents said the Chinese should stick together despite the widening gap.
The polarization has aroused wide concern among the public in recent years.
While the white collars in Beijing are planning a New Year trip to Hong Kong or Thailand, many others are trying to scrimp and save and worrying about increasing costs in medical care and food.
The State Development and Reform Commission said the Gini Coefficient, a measure of income inequality, had reached 0.47 for China, up from 0.29 two decades ago.
Usually, a country with a ratio exceeding 0.4 is warned to pay more attention to the inequality issue.
To find out the people's view, the survey covered 10,250 respondents, between the ages of 20 and 30 with a college education and a monthly salary between 1,000 and 3,000 yuan (US$120-US$360).
Surprisingly, most disagreed with the view of experts who claim the urban-rural disparity is causing the widening gap.
More than 70 per cent of the respondents believed that "the group of special interests" is the prime reason for the polarization.
Followed by "people in power" 68 percent, and "bosses" 50 percent.
Another unexpected finding almost all agreed that a good educational background and knowledge were not the decisive factors in gaining wealth.
About 95 per cent said rich people are not necessarily those who are able to speak English or have a college education.
Today in China, rich people, accounting2 for 10 per cent of the population, control 45 per cent of the total social fortune, and poor people, also 10 per cent of the population, only control 1.4 per cent, according to an investigation3 published by the National Bureau of Statistics last June.
There are 130 million poor people in China, most earning less than US$1 a day, according to the World Bank. |
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vendor
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- She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
- He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。
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accounting
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| n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表 |
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- A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
- There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
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| n.调查，调查研究 |
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- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
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