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Urban residents’ per capita disposable income increased by 6.8 per cent in the first three quarters of 2015, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Statistics released show that per capita disposable income for rural and urban residents across China reached 16,367 yuan in the first three quarters in 2015.

Urban residents’ per capita disposable income is now 23,512 yuan. On inflation-adjusted basis, incomes rose 6.8 per cent year-on-year. Rural residents’ per capita disposable income is 8,297 yuan, increasing 8.1 per cent year-on-year excluding price factors.

According to incomplete statistics made available to China News Service, at least 25 provinces, cities and autonomous regions had unveiled their residents’ per capita disposable income by Oct. 26, 2015. Exceptions include Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Shanxi provinces, and the Inner Mongolia and Tibet autonomous regions.

Among those which released their income, disposable incomes in Beijing and Shanghai exceed 30,000 yuan, reaching 36,047 yuan and 37,568 yuan respectively.

Urban residents’ per capita disposable income is above the national average in eight areas: Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Tianjin, Fujian and Shandong.

While urban residents’ per capita disposable income in Shanghai, Beijing and Zhejiang is over 30,000 yuan, Gansu province ranks last with an average of 17,638.5 yuan.

Rural residents’ per capita disposable income is above the national average in 10 areas: Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Tianjin, Fujian, Hainan, Hebei and Liaoning.

Shanghai’s rural residents have the highest per capita disposable income among the 25 areas at 19,237 yuan, followed by Zhejiang and Beijing with 17,004 yuan and 16,450 yuan respectively.

Nationally, urban residents' per capita disposable income is 2.83 times that of rural residents. The gap in eight areas of Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Ningxia, Qinghai and Gansu is over that level.