Rural residents' per capita net income grew 9.2% in 2014, edging toward 10,000 yuan

On January 20, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on China's national economic performance in 2014. Ma Jiantang, Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that according to preliminary calculations, the full-year gross domestic product was 63,646.3 billion yuan, up 7.4% over the previous year. The full-year rural residents' per capita net income was 9,892 yuan, a real increase of 9.2% after deducting price factors.

Ma Jiantang stressed that, overall, the national economy maintained steady operation under the new normal in 2014, achieving progress while maintaining stability and improving quality amid that progress.

Residents' incomes continued to increase. According to the integrated urban-rural household survey, the full-year national per capita disposable income was 20,167 yuan, a real increase of 8.0% over the previous year. By place of permanent residence, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 28,844 yuan, a real increase of 6.8% over the previous year; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 10,489 yuan, a real increase of 9.2% over the previous year.

In agriculture, the production situation for the year was relatively good. The national total grain output reached 607.10 million tons, an increase of 5.16 million tons over the previous year, or 0.9%. Among this, summer grain output was 136.60 million tons, up 3.6%; early rice output was 34.01 million tons, down 0.4%; autumn grain output was 436.49 million tons, up 0.1%.

In terms of urban-rural structure, the urban permanent resident population was 749.16 million, an increase of 18.05 million over the end of the previous year, while the rural permanent resident population was 618.66 million, a decrease of 10.95 million. The urban population accounted for 54.77% of the total population.

Both the total number of migrant workers and their incomes increased. The full-year total number of migrant workers was 273.95 million, an increase of 5.01 million over the previous year, or 1.9%. Among them, local migrant workers numbered 105.74 million, up 2.8%, and migrant workers working away from home numbered 168.21 million, up 1.3%. The average monthly income of migrant workers was 2,864 yuan, up 9.8% over the previous year.

On prices, the increase in the price level was relatively low. The full-year consumer price index rose 2.0% over the previous year, with urban prices up 2.1% and rural prices up 1.8%. Among the various categories of consumer goods, food prices rose the most, up 3.1% over the previous year.