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Rich-poor divide is serious, according to a study. About 90 per cent of Chinese believe the polarization between the rich and poor is "serious" in China, according to a survey conducted by China Youth Daily. And more than 80 per cent of the respondents surveyed said something must be done to narrow the expanding gap between the rich and poor, while 14.1 per cent said it was unnecessary. The polarization has aroused wide concern among the public in recent years. The State Development and Reform Commission said the Gini Coefficient, a measure of income inequality, had reached 0.47 for China, up from 0.29 two decades ago. Usually, a country with a ratio exceeding 0.4 is warned to pay more attention to the inequality issue. To find out the people's view, the survey covered 10,250 respondents, between the ages of 20 and 30 with a college education and a monthly salary between 1,000 and 3,000 yuan. Surprisingly, most disagreed with the view of experts who claim the urban-rural disparity is causing the widening gap. More than 70 per cent of the respondents believed that "the group of special interests" is the prime reason for the polarization. Followed by "people in power" 68 per cent, and "bosses" 50 per cent. Another unexpected finding almost all agreed that a good educational background and knowledge were not the decisive factors in gaining wealth. About 95 per cent said rich people are not necessarily those who are able to speak English or have a college education. Today in China, rich people, accounting for 10 per cent of the population, control 45 per cent of the total social fortune, and poor people, also 10 per cent of the population, only control 1.4 per cent, according to an investigation published by the National Bureau of Statistics last June. 點擊查看更多雙語新聞 (China Daily)

《中國青年報》日前開展的一項調查顯示，約90%的中國人認為目前國內的貧富懸殊問題“很嚴重”。 80%以上的調查對象認為，必須采取一些措施縮小貧富差距，而14.1%的人則認為沒有這個必要。 近年來，貧富懸殊問題引起了民眾的普遍擔憂。 據國家發改委介紹，目前我國衡量收入差距的“基尼指數”已達到了0.47，比20年前高0.29。 通常來說，如果一個國家的基尼指數超過了0.4的警戒線，其貧富差距問題就比較嚴重了。 為了了解民眾對這一問題的看法，《中青報》共對10250人進行了調查，這些調查對象年齡在20歲至30歲間，受過高等教育，月收入在1000至3000元之間。 令人驚訝的是，調查發現大多數人并不認同專家所說的“城鄉差距是導致貧富差距不斷擴大的主要原因”。 70%以上的調查對象認為“特殊利益集團”的存在是導致貧富懸殊的主要原因。 68%的人認為是“權力人士”，50%的人則認為是“大老板”。 出人意料的是，幾乎所有調查對象認為“良好的教育背景和豐富的知識”并不是成為“有錢人”的決定性因素。 約95%的調查對象說，有錢人并不一定“會說英語”或“上過大學”。 國家統計局今年6月公布的一項調查顯示，目前中國的富人占總人口的10%，卻占據了45%的社會總財富；窮人數量也占總人口的10%，但只擁有社會總財富的1.4%。 （英語點津姍姍編輯）