Beijingers richest,but life quality unsatisfactory

时间：2006-11-25 03:31:33

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Chinanews, Beijing, Nov. 24 – On Wednesday, the National Statistics Bureau released a set of figures showing that Beijingers’ per capita income in October ranked first in the country. The news was then frequently quoted by various media. However, some experts voice a different opinion regarding the figure, the Beijing Evening News reported.

 

An expert from the city investigation1 team of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics told our reporter that people should keep a cool head in viewing this figure. First, some accidental factors are involved in it. Judging from the accumulative per capita income, Beijing still lags behind cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou. Beijingers’ per capita disposable income, the most effective criterion to gauge2 people’s income conditions, also falls behind people in Shanghai.

 

Some other experts raise their doubts about the figure, saying that although in Beijing, people’s average income is higher than before, their disposable income level is not satisfactory. At present, many people in the capital suffer from the enormous burden of housing expenditure3 and their current disposable income can hardly meet their need of buying a house. This, coupled with problems such as the gap between the rich and poor, the large income disparity between city and rural residents, as well as expensive medical services, pension costs, and education spending, makes for a relatively4 low life quality of the local people.

 

The lastest figure from the National Statistics Bureau shows that in October, the per capita income for people living in rural and urban areas across the country was 1,058.89 yuan. Beijing ranks first in this category, with the per capita income reaching 1,878.32 yuan, followed by Shanghai, where people’s average income was 9.56 yuan less than that in Beijing.

 
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1 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
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v.精确计量；估计；n.标准度量；计量器
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  • Can you gauge what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
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n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗
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  • The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
  • The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
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adv.比较...地，相对地
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