China News Service, October 30. Ning Jizhe, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, introduced today that in the past few years, the income of China's residents has continued to grow, and it is per capita from 2016 to 2019. The average annual real growth of disposable income is 6.5%; the urban-rural gap is gradually narrowing. In 2019, the ratio of per capita disposable income of urban residents to rural residents was 2.64, which was a decrease of 0.09 from 2015; the scale of middle-income groups expanded from more than 100 million in 2010 The number of people increased to more than 400 million in 2019.
Data map: People buy goods in supermarkets.
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On October 30, the CPC Central Committee held a press conference to introduce the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.
Ning Jizhe made the above statement when answering reporters' questions.
Ning Jizhe said that the "14th Five-Year Plan" proposal conforms to the expectations of hundreds of millions of people and puts forward some important requirements and major measures for improving people's livelihood and welfare and improving people's quality of life.
In terms of employment, we will strengthen the employment priority policy, expand employment capacity, improve the employment support system for key groups, and achieve fuller and higher-quality employment; in terms of income, we will increase the income level of the people, increase the income of urban and rural residents through multiple channels, and maintain income. Basically keep pace with economic growth; in education, it will build a high-quality education system, promote the balanced development of compulsory education and the integration of urban and rural areas, and promote the continuous improvement of education for all; in culture and sports, a wide range of mass cultural activities will be carried out. National fitness exercise; in terms of health, we will comprehensively promote the construction of a healthy China, speed up the expansion of high-quality medical resources and the balanced distribution of regions, and improve the health and health system; in terms of elderly care, we will implement a national strategy to actively respond to the aging of the population and promote long-term population balance Develop and improve the basic old-age service system; in terms of social security, a fair, unified, and sustainable multi-level social security system that covers the whole people, coordinates urban and rural areas will be improved.
Regarding income and consumption during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Ning Jizhe said that in the past few years, the income of Chinese residents has continued to grow. From 2016 to 2019, the average annual per capita disposable income of residents increased by 6.5%; the urban-rural gap gradually narrowed, 2019 The annual per capita disposable income ratio of urban residents to rural residents was 2.64, a decrease of 0.09 compared to 2015; the size of the middle-income group expanded from more than 100 million in 2010 to more than 400 million in 2019.
At the same time, the scale of household consumption continues to expand. In 2019, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 41.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 36.9% over 2015; the consumption structure has also been continuously optimized, and the Engel coefficient (the proportion of household food expenditure in total expenditure) has increased from 2015 30.6% dropped to 28.2% in 2019, which reflects the upgrading of consumption structure; new consumption formats and new models are booming. In 2019, online retail sales reached 10.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.74 times compared with 2015. This year, online retail is even more impressive. Ride up.
Ning Jizhe said that in the past few months, in the face of the impact of the epidemic, measures have been taken to increase income and expand consumption, and residents' income and consumption have gradually recovered.
In the first three quarters, the national per capita disposable income increased by 0.6% in real terms, turning from negative to positive for the first time during the year.
In September, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 3.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate in the third quarter also turned from negative to positive.
Regarding the issue of income gaps in different industries and different regions, Ning Jizhe pointed out that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we will solidly promote common prosperity in accordance with the requirements of the "Proposal", insist on distribution according to work as the main body, coexist multiple distribution methods, and increase labor remuneration. Proportion in the primary distribution, improve the reasonable wage growth mechanism, focus on increasing the income of low-income groups, and expand the middle-income group; improve the factor distribution policy system to increase the factor income of low- and middle-income groups; improve the redistribution mechanism and increase taxation , Social security, transfer payment and other adjustment strength and precision; play the role of the third distribution to develop charity.
In addition, it will also promote consumption in an all-round way, follow the trend of consumption upgrades, promote consumption to green, healthy and safe development, develop service consumption, encourage the development of new consumption models and new formats; promote the transformation of consumer goods such as automobiles from purchase management to use management, and promote housing Consumption develops healthily; develop contactless transaction services, promote the integrated development of online and offline consumption, and develop urban and rural consumer markets; implement a paid vacation system to expand consumption on holidays; improve the consumption environment, strengthen the protection of consumer rights, and strengthen the foundation of consumption for economic development The role of sex is to improve and protect people's livelihood.