The wide gulf in average annual wages between China’s private and non-private sectors continued to expand in 2025, while regional disparities also remained stark, with Tibet continuing to outshine some coastal provinces in income levels.
The findings, based on the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics this week, underscore the yawning sectoral and regional divides in the world’s second-largest economy.
Workers in China’s non-private sector – including government and...