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40% which is comparable to the rest of the world. Family income distribution is measured using the Gini index and China’s value is 40 which is relatively good compared to the rest of the world but has been a decrease when compared to China’s recent history.
Official figures put unemployment as being 3.1% but realistically urban unemployment is estimated to be 10% in 2002, in the rural areas there is also significant unemployment. From 80 to 120 million surplus rural workers are adrift between the villages and the cities, many subsisting through part-time low-paying jobs. The ratio change from labour intensive to technology intensive production is one of the reasons along with increases in productivity which came about due to reforms to state-owned enterprises this displacement of peoples. Increase in technology available stems from the opening of the borders to trans-national corporations and reforms used to increase competitiveness of state...