A recent survey conducted by the China Youth Daily showed that 85
percent of those interviewed said their salary increases were less than
the country's average annual growth rate: 12 percent,according to National
Statistics Bureau.
Figures show the country is going through its fastest-ever period of
growth since it began opening up 30 years ago.
The annual wages of an average worker rose from 12,422 yuan in 2002 to
21,001 yuan in 2006, the survey said.
Going against the trend, 7 percent of those polled said their salaries
had fallen over the four-year period.
Of the 1,604 people interviewed, 64 percent said their salary rises
could not match the economic development.
"My colleagues and I all questioned the 12 percent increase. It's just
not real," Zhang, a software engineer with a leading IT company in
Beijing, said.
"Most of us get a pay rise of about 400 yuan a year. Some haven't had a
rise for two years."
Zhang said his pay rises were nothing compared to the rising prices of
consumer goods.
In terms of who or what contributes most to the average growth of
annual salaries, the survey showed that 50 percent people pointed to
monopoly industries, 41 percent to companies' management teams, and 8.1
percent to ordinary employees. According to the China Economic Times, in
2005, some 8 percent of the country's workforce, most employed by major
State-owned companies, earned 55 percent of the total salaries.
The remaining 92 percent must be those who said their salaries didn't
rise.
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