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Executives' salaries 18 times higher than workers'

By Zuo Likun (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-09 22:40
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The income disparity between top executives and front-line workers has deteriorated since 2006, according to a survey by the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), Xinhua reported Tuesday.

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At 208 State-owned enterprises perused in the survey, top executives' income in 2008 was 18 times higher than that of general workers, said Zhang Shiping, an ACFTU official and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferences (CPPCC) National Committee, during a CPPCC panel discussion Tuesday in Beijing.

Adding to the inequity, payments for 14.4 percent workers were delayed and overtime work was a rampant tall order for 60.2 percent employees in 2009.
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