China Research

 Poverty and Wealth in China: Poverty and Wealth in China varies between the rich and poor, there is a wide gap between them.

Poverty: Number of poor people from 2009 statistic is about 18,640,440.0 (1)

Wealth: Average annual income in china 17,175 Yuan (3)

Per Capita: $605,870 (2010) (2)

Total Carbon Emissions: 6,538,367 in metric tons (4)

Cap and Trade:  China trades and invests heavily the statistical numbers are:

  Merchandise Exports: $1,201,534,000,000.0 (1)

 Merchandise Imports: $1,005,688,000,000.0 (1)

Sources: (1) Rural Poverty Portal which is powered by the International Fund for Agricultural Development Link to site: http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/statistics/tags/china

(2)National Statistics Republic of China (Taiwan) Link to site: http://eng.stat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=5

(3) The Telegraph by Malcolm Moore

Moore, Malcolm China's wealth gap the largest since economic reforms began (The Telegraph, 2011)

(4)Wikipedia, List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions (Wikipedia, 2007)