Urban Chinese per capita income grows 8.4 percent

January 17th, 2012 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS  

Beijing, Jan 17 (IANS) The per capita income of China’s urban residents rose by 8.4 percent to 21,810 yuan ($3,434) in 2011 from a year earlier, the government said Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the per capita income of rural residents grew by 11.4 percent year-on-year to 6,977 yuan, faster than the previous year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.

China’s consumer price index rose by 5.4 percent from the previous year, well above the government’s full-year control target of 4 percent, Xinhua reported.

The population of migrant workers last year reached 252.78 million, an increase of 4.4 percent, or 10.55 million from the 2010 level, NBS director Ma Jiantang said at a press conference Tuesday.

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