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Official Opinion on Gap between Rich and Poor:
Deeper income gap
calls for reform to solve deeper conflict in China. Xinhua
China's
post-90s generation open-minded, frustration-prone
China's new generation of freshmen, born in the 1990s, were more
open-minded than their predecessors but less able to cope with
frustration, a survey has found.
The survey
covered 800 students at Wuhan University in central China's Hubei
Province, who entered in September from all over the country. They
answered questions on consumption, psychology and social issues.
They were found
to be neither as selfish nor as difficult to get along with as
people generally believed to be, according to the survey, released
on Wednesday by the China Youth Daily.
In the survey, 77
percent said they were self-confident and 64.8 percent considered
themselves open-minded and ready to try new things.
However, 72.3
percent said frustrations would have a negative impact on them.
Xiao Yongping,
dean of the law college of the university, said the post-1990s
students were more independent in thinking and choosing than those
born in the 1970s and 1980s. He said their childhood environment --
the Internet age with abundant information -- had made them
precocious, self-confident and passionate.
(Xinhua)
Official Opinion on Gap between Rich and Poor:
Deeper income gap
calls for reform to solve deeper conflict in China. Xinhua
China
opens website for public verification of ID cards
Nov. 7, 2008 - China's
Public Security Ministry on Friday opened a website for citizens to
verify individual identity cards.
Any ID card can be
verified for a 5 yuan (73 U.S. cents) online payment at the site,
www.nciic.org.com, with a few seconds.
The system is
intended to facilitate transactions where ID is needed, such as online
trading and apartment rentals, where fake IDs are often used.
The system was
already in use for government departments, financial institutions and
telecom companies to protect their security and prevent payments in
arrears.
It has also been used
during national tests to verify the test-taker's ID and crack down on
impostors.
The ministry has
stored about 1.3 billion pieces of ID information on China's legal
residents. (Xinhua)
China's
one-child per family planning policy has not only led to higher
standards of living but has drastically reduced the fertility rate which
has slumped to 1.8 children per woman in 2008 from 5.8 children three
decades ago, an official said today.
China's family planning campaign which began about 30 years ago, has
benefited the world's most populous nation and the world at large, said
Li Bin, director of the National Population and Family Planning
Commission.
In broad terms, the policy limits one child per family, especially in
cities. Li said it has helped control population growth and reduce
fertility rate to 1.8 children per woman in 2008 from 5.8 children three
decades ago.
"China's per capita GDP reached USD 2,400 in 2007," Li said. "Without
the policy, that figure, according to official calculations, would have
been USD 1,800." Besides, if not for the population control, the
country's resources and environment would face even heavier pressure, as
its per capita arable land, grain, forest, water and energy would
decrease by 20 per cent, she was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Family planning also helped improve the standard of living in China.
The country's average life expectancy has risen from 68 three decades
ago to 73 today. That's the same level in moderately developed
countries.
China
has 680,000 executives and 35% are women
China has 680,000 business
executives in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and
Shenzhen, up 14 percent from 2007, and 35 percent of them are women,
according to the 2008 China Business Executive Survey (CBES) carried out by
China Market Research (CTR).
China?s rising class of business leaders is
getting younger and higher in status. Department heads and general-managers
make up 77 percent of the total and 25-44 year olds account for 70 percent.
Managers born in 1970s are becoming the backbone of the group. Their average
annual earnings were 157,000 yuan in 2008, up 36.5 percent from 115,000 yuan
in 2007, while their household income grew by 39 percent to 263,000 yuan.
The executive class, it seems, are media junkies, with 88.4 percent
regularly reading newspapers, 86.3 percent watching TV, and 74.7 percent
surfing the Internet.
The survey found that 69 percent of executives
have favorite brand products that they are reluctant to change. Nearly all
(97.3 percent) own property, and 61 percent focus on location and amenities
when choosing a house. The number owning a car rose 10 percent to 47
percent; 65 percent say they consider safety features when deciding what car
to buy, while 50 percent pay attention to fuel consumption and emissions.
74 percent have investments, with 43.2 percent
owning shares, 27.6 percent investing in mutual funds and 9.5 percent owning
life insurance policies.
Many felt under pressure, with 47 percent
complaining of high workloads and 41 percent fretting over personal
responsibilities. 66 percent said they felt more pressure at work this year
than last, and over 50 percent said general pressures of life were growing.
But 72 percent of executives say they are satisfied with their present jobs
and lifestyle.
CTR Market Research interviewed 3,800 people in
eight major cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dalian,
Hangzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu) for the 2008 China Business Executive Survey.
Executives were defined as entrepreneurs, department heads and managers
responsible for at least 50 staff.
By
Jessica Zhang
(China.org.cn October 6, 2008) |
