Rising incomes in rural areas and a younger workforce are creating a more equal society in the country , according to reports . The Gini coefficient , an estimation of wealth division between 0 and 100 ( where there is equal distribution among everyone and 1 means a single person owns everything ) places China at 0.49 , and analysts believe the move toward greater equality will continue . Li officials of chin Normal University said : “ Even if official data confirms the degree of inequality , the possibility of lessening inequality is believable ” .
Rising incomes in rural China and a younger workforce are creating a more equal society in the country, according to reports. The Gini coefficient, an estimation of wealth division between 0 and 1 (where 0 is equal distribution among everyone and 1 means a single person owns everything) places China at 0.49, and insiders believe the move toward greater equality will continue. Li Shi of Beijing Normal University said: “Even if official data understate the degree of inequality, the trend of lessening inequality is believable”.