That has meant greater regional balance as well: The coastal provinces, which produce more than 85% of the country’s exports, are experiencing the most pronounced slowdown, while inland provinces have maintained relatively high growth rates. As a result, China’s Gini coefficient (a 100-point index of inequality, in which zero signifies absolute equality and one absolute inequality) fell to 0.50 in 2012, from 0.52 in 2010.
这同时也意味着更深层次的区域性再平衡状况：占中国出口总量超过85%的沿海省份正经历着最为显著的放缓过程，而内陆省份则维持着较高的增长率。在这样的形势下中国的基尼系数（定量测定收入分配差异程度的指数，其值在0和1之间，0表示收入分配极端平等而1表示极端不平等）从2012年的0.52下跌到了2012年的0.5。