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Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of China, recently mentioned in response to a reporter that 600 million people in China have an average monthly income of only 1,000 yuan (RMB) ($140.82 US). This figure is far from the data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, which indicated that China’s GDP per capita exceeded US$10,000 for the first time in 2019. The huge gap between the numbers shocked the Chinese netizens. Critics expressed that Li Keqiang was giving “precautionary shots” to the people, warning that they were going to have a hard life ahead. Others think that he was leaving himself a way out for the future.On May 28, the Premier of the State Council of China, Li Keqiang, replied to a journalist’s question that in China, the annual per capita income is 30,000 RMB ($4224.52 US) but 600 million people have an average monthly income of only 1,000 yuan (RMB). It may be difficult to survive with only 1,000 yuan in a medium-sized city, not to mention the difficulties brought by the pandemic.
