According to the National Bureau of Statistics, during the fouryears from 2002 to 2006, the Chinese annual average salarygrowth rate hit 12 percent. Despite this, most people complainedthat their income remained almost unchanged.
The explanation from the Ministry of Labor and SocialSecurity is that not all people"s salaries were growing at the samepace and there existed salary differences hi different regions andindustries, and even different enterprises in the same sector. Inaddition, the rising expenses on housing, health care and educationhad eaten into salary increases.
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