The rural-urban income divide persists, and it may be widening. Cities are home to high-paid business services and rural areas have lost manufacturing, contributing to the 23% gap in earnings.

Reducing the rural-urban income gap has been a priority for Premier Wen, but the gap has continued to widen in recent years, and that could have an effect on the development of China's economy ...

He said the income gap between urban and rural areas in China had narrowed in the past decade, but it would be more difficult to achieve the reform goal "if there are still huge gaps in public ...

And the urban-rural income gap has been growing ever since. ... told VOA that he thinks China is on the right track with moves to reduce the rural and urban gap. ...

Alarmed by the growing income gap between urban and rural Chinese, government officials call for urgent reform to ease the economic burden on the estimated 800 million people living in the nation ...

Years of prosperity in the state's metro areas and the lackluster economy in the rest of the state have created a large and widening income gap between city dwellers and their country cousins ...

The income ratio between urban and rural residents was 3.33:1, which meant city dwellers' average incomes were 3.33 times greater than the average for farmers. In 2008, the ratio was 3.31:1, Ma said.

Chinese incomes grew quickly in 2007, but the gap between city dwellers and rural residents widened further despite government efforts to ease the imbalance.

English proficiency, income and insurance type could factor into why women cared for at rural community health centers screen for cervical less than those who receive health care services at urban ...