While Westerners are astonished by rich Chinese consumers' appetite for luxury goods, people in rural China on average earn less than 7,000 yuan ($1,100) a year.
Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang urged local governments to soundly implement policies introduced by the central government to boost state-owned enterprises.
A record number of tourists swarmed into the city of Yichang, home of the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei province, during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday.
Nurses take care of newborn babies at the No 1 People's Hospital in Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province, Jan 23, 2012. Monday marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Dragon. [Photo/Xinhua]
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