BEIJING: The annual per capita disposable income of Chinese farmers in 2022 rose to a new high, government officials said at a press conference.
While addressing the press conference, Wu Hongyao, deputy director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, said, “The annual per capita disposable income of farmers in 2022 increased to 20,133 yuan (about 2,955 U.S. dollars), surpassing the milestone of 20,000 yuan for the first time.”
Chinese farmers’ income
“Income from salaries and wages accounted for 41.96 percent of farmers’ income, and the net income from the household operations accounted for 34.63 percent.
China has further expanded and consolidated the accomplishment of poverty alleviation in 2022, said Liu Huanxin, head of the National Rural Revitalization Administration, at the same sitting.
The consolidation has manifested in three ways: no large-scale backsliding into poverty, rising incomes of the rural labour forces lifted out of poverty, and a stable employment situation.
Liu further added that the employment situation was stable for those labour forces who escaped poverty, given that a total of 32.78 million migrant employees enjoyed full employment in 2022, 1.33 million more than the last year, and 2.59 million people above the annual target.
He noted that in 2022, China’s annual per capita disposable income of farmers in areas just emerging from poverty rose by 7.5 percent to 15,111 yuan, 1.2 percent points higher than the national average for farmers. Liu said that the incomes of people who walked out of poverty grew at a robust rate of 14.3 percent yearly to 14,342 yuan.
China on Monday unveiled its “No. 1 central document” for 2023, outlining nine tasks for promoting rural vitalization this year. The document showed tasks needed to broaden the channels for farmers to increase their incomes and promote their ability to secure wealth. —APP
