If we use what is called the "Gini coefficient" to measure this income gap, with "0" indicating perfect equality of income distribution and "1" meaning perfect inequality, the number for China is 0.454 in 2002. This is an internationally recognized level of "absolute disparity."
如果我们用"吉尼系数"来衡量这一城乡收入差距，以"0"表示收入分配的绝对平等，用"1"表示绝对不平等，则中国在2002年的吉尼系数为0.454。这是国际公认的"绝对悬殊"水平。印度素以其贫富差距"著称"，而该国的吉尼系数在过去50年来一直在0.30-0.32间波动。所以当今的中国是一个比印度更为贫富悬殊的社会。