Hu Jintao will be stepping down as China 's leader at the 18th Party Congress . A study earlier this year by Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China found that China 's top 10 % of households surveyed have 57 % of the total income and 85 % of total assets . Comment: Hu presided over China as it became the world 's second biggest economy . However critics point to growing rich-poor divide , corruption , authoritarian rule .
Hu Jintao will be stepping down as China 's leader at the 18th Party Congress . Comment: Hu presided over China as it became the world 's second biggest economy . However critics point to growing rich-poor divide , corruption , authoritarian rule .