Income distribution reform arduous  

解析中国工资“账单” 收入分配改革任务艰巨

中国国家统计局29日公布数据称，2011年中国平均工资的名义增速较2010年明显提升。中新社记者在这份工资“账单”中找到五个“不等式”，从中可以看出，中国收入分配改革虽已取得一定成效，但任务依然艰巨。

Beijing (CNS) -- China's income distribution reform is meeting five major issues, which demonstrated both the progress it has made over the past years and the difficulties the country faces in the years ahead, according to statistics released by the National Statistics Bureau on Tuesday.

In 2011, the average salary of a Chinese employee expanded significantly more than in 2010. However, as the authority's official Feng Nailin asserted, living standards, social equality, and a proper salary scale system are still the priorities.

First of all, the speed of salary increases in urban private companies is much faster than the growth rate of China's GDP.

The second comparison of note is that the average salary was inching upward more slowly than that of official financial revenues.

Third, taxes are jumping up faster than salaries. The good news is that personal income tax reform did reduce some tax burdens after it was enforced on September 1.

Another issue is the special case of rural migrant workers in cities. This category of earner makes more than 2,000 per month on average, a good sign for domestic respect of the laboring classes.

Last but not least, those within the financial sector still earn much more than people engaged in more basic industries such as agriculture, forestry, livestock farming and the fishery.