见怪不怪与其怪自败

Gini Coefficient and Poverty Gap

中国的基尼系数从20世纪80年代的0 25上升到目前的0 458,并且还有进一步扩大的趋势。进入20世纪90年代中期以后,我国城市贫困的状况持续恶化,农村贫困的缓解也面临着极大的困难。即便是按照我们自己制定的非常之低的贫困线来衡量,目前城乡绝对贫困人口的数量也在1亿人上下,如果按照联合国制定的每人每天1美元来衡量,中国的贫困人口总量将达到2 5亿人的规模。

China's Gini coefficient (GC) is 0.458 at present, which was higher than that of 0.25 in 1980s.This figure has a trend of an increase in future.After mid 1990s, the situation of poverty in cities in China continuously deteriorated.Poverty alleviation in rural areas in China faced many difficulties.At present, about a total of 100 million people are absolute poverty in cities and towns, even if according to lower poverty line that China establish.If according to the UN's standard that one US dollar one person, China's poverty population will be 25 million.