Regional salary gaps too wide

The data on average salaries in 2014, recently published by 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, have provoked controversy because of the gaps they have revealed between different regions and industries.

The average salary for public employees in Beijing, the highest among the 20 regions, was 2.4 times that of the same group in Central China's Henan province. At the same time, the 2014 average salary of public sector employees in the capital, which exceeded 100,000 yuan ($16,110), was twice that of private sector staff.

The data of the National Bureau of Statistics also indicate the wide salary gaps among different regions and industries.