China’s ‘Mr Income Distribution’ explains common prosperity


The income gap in China has widened over the past five years due to the rise of technology and financial sectors. - Bloomberg

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China’s push for "common prosperity” is not just about taxing the rich but also directing resources into rural areas and the lower-income group, according to one of the country’s most prominent experts studying income inequality.

The income gap has widened in the country over the past five years due to the rise of technology and financial sectors, and taxation has done little in narrowing the gap, said Li Shi, an economics professor at Zhejiang University, who has previously advised the government on poverty alleviation.

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