Income and Expenditure of Urban Households Surged in the First Half Year

According to the nationwide sampling survey result on 65 thousand urban households, it reflected that in the first half year per capita disposable income of urban households was 8,065 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.4 percent, a real growth of 6.3 percent after deducting price factors.

In the first half year, per capita consumption expenditure was 5,490 yuan, up by 13.7 percent over the same period of the previous year, a real increase of 5.7 percent after deducting price factors.