"State media have for the first time applauded the example set by Chongqing in reducing its wealth gap and pursing common prosperity, policies championed by its ambitious party boss, Bo Xilai."
"Yang Qingyu, the top planning official in Chongqing, was quoted by Xinhua as saying it would strive to boost the average income for an urban resident to 31,000 yuan (HK$36,674) a year by 2015 and the average income of a rural resident to 10,000 yuan, lowering the wealth gap to 2.5: 1. Apart from helping residents to buy flats at reasonable prices, narrowing income disparities is another key element of the so-called Chongqing model of development."
