|
BIZCHINA> Center
![]() |
|
Chinese farmers' H1 cash income up 10.3%
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-27 10:34 Chinese farmers' per-capita cash income stood at 2,528 yuan ($370.67) in the first half of this year, up 19.8 percent over last year's same period, sources with the National Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday.
The growth rate was faster than that for per-capita disposable income of urbanites in the first six months. The sources said per-capita disposable income went up 14.4 percent, or 6.3 percent in real-term, to 8,065 yuan in urban areas over the six-month period. The NBS survey also found farmers' income earned by doing non-farming jobs averaged 785 yuan per capita, up 19.3 percent. Farmers gained 1,080 yuan per capita from selling agricultural products, up 22.1 percent, and garnered 336 yuan per capita from running business, up 10.5 percent. China's consumer price index, a major gauge of inflation, rose 7.9 percent in the first half. It hit a 12-year high of 8.7 percent in February. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
|
慈溪市| 贵德县| 昌都县| 门头沟区| 响水县| 闽清县| 磐安县| 文水县| 汾西县| 札达县| 新津县| 和龙市| 梅河口市| 丹寨县| 浏阳市| 龙泉市| 红桥区| 濮阳市| 大同市| 米易县| 香港 | 涿州市| 榆林市| 桂阳县| 林甸县| 彝良县| 德化县| 清水县| 广丰县| 碌曲县| 弋阳县| 丹巴县| 湟中县| 武邑县| 新田县| 喜德县| 集安市| 宿州市| 桓台县| 安阳市| 茌平县|