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Per Capita Disposable Income of Changde Farmers in 2013 Reaches 9,629 Yuan

Editor:李莎宁
Source:enghunan.gov.cn
Updated:2014-02-11 10:52:31

  According to the Changde investigation team of the National Bureau of Statistics of PRC on Feb.6, the per capita disposable income of farmers in Changde grew rapidly, reaching 9,629 yuan in 2013, a year-on-year increase of 12%.This disposable income number is 2.4% higher than that of urban residents and 1,257 yuan more than that of other Hunan people, which is 8,372 yuan.

  The per capita wage income of farmers in 2013 was 3,525 yuan, rising by 6.9%. The salary of service-type business increased because of higher labor cost, different employment concept and labor shortage.

  With the promotion of farmer-benefiting policies, complete coverage of urban and rural residents’ endowment insurance has been realized. Along with the popularization of grain subsidies policy and the policy of bringing the countryside home appliances and agricultural machinery, the transfer payment standard of the reimbursement of rural subsistence allowances, five guarantees and the New Rural Cooperative Medical System are improved, which ensured the income increase of farmers.

   Translator: Zhang Shu