The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China (CPC) met in Beijing yesterday to look at ways to more fairly distribute
incomes in society.
Chinese President Hu Jintao presided over the meeting.
A news release from the meeting said that China should uphold and improve the
system in which distribution according to work is dominant and coexists with
other modes of distribution.
The release said future reforms should concentrate on increasing incomes of
poorer people, expanding the moderate-income population, effectively taxing
high-income earners and banning illegal income.
The discussion was aimed at finding ways to narrow the income gap between
people in different regions and within certain social sectors.
The government will deepen its reform on the income system of civil servants,
and government employees should be paid according to their occupation and rank
and a unified standard should be adopted, the released said.
It said the country will adequately increase the incomes of government
workers at the grassroots level.
It also stressed that people working in remote areas should be provided
subsidies and the incomes of employees of enterprises and its retirees also need
to be improved.
Basic pensions, subsidies provided to retirees of enterprises should be
properly raised, it said.
