On December 18, Cai Fang, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and former vice dean, stated at the “Finance” Annual Conference 2026: Forecasting and Strategy and the 2025 Global Wealth Management Forum that China's Gini coefficient has improved over the past ten years. The Gini coefficient is an indicator reflecting the overall income distribution situation. Its improvement is closely related to the rise in wages, the fight against poverty, the improvement of workers' rights and interests, and the effectiveness of social security construction in China. Currently, China's Gini coefficient is still far from the income gap standard of 0.4; most Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries have Gini coefficients below 0.4. Cai Fang suggested that the Gini coefficient should be used as China's income distribution target for 2035, and that by 2035, China's Gini coefficient should be as close to or below 0.4 as possible.

On December 18, Cai Fang, member of the Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and former vice dean, stated at the “Finance” Annual Conference 2026: Forecasting and Strategy and the 2025 Global Wealth Management Forum that China's Gini coefficient has improved over the past ten years. The Gini coefficient is an indicator reflecting the overall income distribution situation. Its improvement is closely related to the rise in wages, the fight against poverty, the improvement of workers' rights and interests, and the effectiveness of social security construction in China. Currently, China's Gini coefficient is still far from the income gap standard of 0.4; most Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries have Gini coefficients below 0.4. Cai Fang suggested that the Gini coefficient should be used as China's income distribution target for 2035, and that by 2035, China's Gini coefficient should be as close to or below 0.4 as possible.