» The income ratio between urban and rural residents in Guangdong Province narrowed to 3-to-1 in 2008, the lowest it’s been since 2004.

» Rural residents’ average income was 6399.77 yuan per year, with a nominal increase of 13.8 percent and real increase of 7.6 percent.

» The average urban income was 19732.86 yuan per year, nominally increasing 11.5 percent.