Photo taken on April 10, 2013 shows the cover of the "Green Book of Rural Area: Analysis and Forecast on China's Rural Economy (2012-2013)" at a press conference in Beijing, capital of China. The book was released on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Wu Yin (C), vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during the press conference for the release of the "Green Book of Rural Area: Analysis and Forecast on China's Rural Economy (2012-2013)" in Beijing, capital of China, April 10,
Incomes for rural Chinese grew faster than those of their urban counterparts for the last three years, according to a green book published Wednesday by Social Sciences Academic Press.
Wages for rural residents jumped 16.3 percent year on year last year, helping to boost incomes, as the number of farmer-turned workers and their month salary continued to grow, according to the green book.
Rural residents earned 7,917 yuan (about 1278.6 U.S. dollars) in per capita net income in 2012, marking a 13.5-percent increase compared with 2011.
Rural residents' per capita expenditures on food reached 2,324 yuan last year, up 10.3 percent year on year.
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