2010-07-15 11:50

In the first half of this year, the per capita income of urban households totalled 10,699 yuan ($1,579.40) and of which, the disposable income was 9,757 yuan, up 10.2 percent year-on-year, or a real growth of 7.5 percent after deducting price factors, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Thursday.

The per capita income of rural households was 3,078 yuan, up 12.6 percent from a year ago, or a 9.5-percent real grewth, the NBS said.

After deducting the price factors, the per capita consumption expenditure for urbanites  increased by 7.2 percent, and the per capita consumption expenditure in cash for rual population grew 8.5 percent, according to the NBS.