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, Figure 1: China's share in world population and GDP, 1978.

, China's share in world population China's share in world GDP (PPP) 000, 1978.

, Figure 2: The rise of per adult real national income in China, 1978.

, National income = GDP -capital depreciation + net foreign income, vol.57, p.807, 2015.

, 2%/year Real growth rate 1978-1998 : +4.5%/year Real growth rate 1998-2015 : +8.1%/year 650% 700%, Real growth rate 1978-2015 : +6, 1978.

. 550%-600%, , 1978.

, Figure 7a: The rise of wealth-income ratios: China vs rich countries (private wealth (households), in % national income)

. 550%-600%, , 1978.

, Figure 7b: The rise of wealth-income ratios: China vs rich countries (private wealth (households) vs public wealth (government), in % national income)

. 60%-70%, , 1978.

. Figure, The decline of public property: China vs rich countries (share of public wealth in national wealth)

. 70%-80%, , 1978.

, Publich share in rural housing drops from 30% to 0% (benchmark), Public share in agricultural land drops from 70% to 40% (benchmark)

. 60%-70%, , 1978.

. Figure-7e, The decline of public property: China vs rich countries (share of public wealth in national wealth)

. 750%-800%, , 1978.

, The rise of wealth-income ratios: China vs rich countries (national wealth (public + private) vs net foreign wealth, Figure, vol.8

. 280%-300%, , 1978.

, Figure 9a: The rise of financial intermediation: China vs rich countries (total domestic financial liabilities

. 30%-35%, , 1978.

, Figure 9b: The rise of foreign ownership: China vs rich countries (foreign financial liabilities, % total domestic financial liabilities

. 45%-50%, , 1978.

, Figure 10. Income inequality in China, 1978.

, Distribution of pretax national income (before taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Corrected estimates (combining survey, fiscal, wealth and national accounts data)

, Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two), vol.16, 1978.

, Figure 12, Top 1% income share in China : corrected vs raw estimates Top 1%

, Top 1% (raw)

, Distribution of pretax national income (before taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Corrected estimates combine survey, fiscal, wealth and national accounts data. Raw estimates rely only on self-reported survey data. Equal-split-adults series

. 360%-380%, , 1978.

, Rural-Urban Inequality in China, vol.14, 1978.

. 90%-100%, , 1978.

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, Equal-split-adults series (income of married couples divided by two). pretax national income (before taxes and transfers, except pensions and unempl. insurance) among adults. Corrected estimates (combining survey, fiscal, wealth and national accounts data)