Bigger cake, bigger share

If a justifiable wealth distribution system epitomizes social justice and fairness, the government has much to do to improve the system.

The investigation and research that Chairman Wu Bangguo of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee promised Tuesday for this year indicates that reform to income distribution will be carried out in the 12th Five-Year-Plan period (2011-15) to benefit low-income residents.

More than 72 percent of surveyed residents believe the current wealth distribution is unfair, according to the All China Federation of Trade Unions. More than 60 percent said that the exceedingly low incomes of laborers are the most prominent of issues.