20 Percent Households With $103 Per Capita Monthly Disposable Income: China Statistical Yearbook 2021

A villager carrying food for his livestock passes devastated houses in the old village of Luobozhai (Radish Village), which was damaged during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, in Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province, on April 23, 2018. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced back in July that it had achieved a complete “moderately prosperous society” and eliminated “absolute poverty” in China.

However, recent research shows that the number of individuals from households with less than 500 yuan ($80) per capita monthly disposable income has exceeded 220 million in China, a sharp contrast to the statements proclaimed by CCP leader Xi Jinping in remarks for the Party’s 100th anniversary.