未來15年中國高收入消費者將井噴

China's pool of high-earning consumers is set to surge in the next 15 years, a report showed.

一份報告顯示，未來15年，我國高收入消費者數量將激增。

The number of people with a disposable income of at least $10,000 per year is expected to grow to around 480 million by 2030, from around 132 million today, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a think tank associated with the Economist.

《經濟學人》旗下智庫經濟學人信息部的報告稱，到2030年，預計我國年可支配收入超過1萬美元的人羣數量將從現在的1.32億增至4.8億。

The proportion of the population with upper-middle and high incomes will expand from 10 percent to 35 percent by 2030 when China will look and feel like a more middle-class society, although inequalities in wealth will remain an important social challenge, the report pointed out.

該報告指出，到2030年，中高層收入人口的比例將從現在的10%上升到35%，那時儘管貧富差距仍將是一個重要的社會挑戰，但中國將更接近於一箇中產階級社會。

"We expect that the purchasing power of individual Chinese consumers in 2030 will be roughly akin to that of South Korea today or the US in 2000," said Wang Dan, EIU China analyst.

經濟學人信息部中國區分析師王丹表示："我們預測，2030年中國個人消費者的購買力將大致達到韓國現在的水平或美國2000年時的水平"。

Over the next 15 years, the number of high-income consumers in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou will double, with Shanghai crossing the 10 million mark, according to the report.

報告稱，未來15年，上海、北京、深圳和廣州的高收入消費者人數將會翻一番，上海的高收入消費者數量將邁過1000萬大關。

Inland cities are also poised to show strong growth in high-income residents, with Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing and Wuhan each looking to have over 2 million high-income consumers by 2030.

內陸城市的高收入人羣數量也將有強勁的增長表現，2030年時，長沙、成都、重慶和武漢的高收入消費者人數均有望突破200萬。

However, small cities and those undergoing industrial restructuring risk being left behind, the report noted.

不過，報告指出，小城市和正在進行產業結構調整的城市面臨掉隊的風險。

With rising income, Chinese consumers will look to upgrade consumption habits and switch to more expensive and premium brands when buying items such as cars and mobile devices, as well as driving higher spending on service sectors such as leisure and tourism, health, education and finance.

隨着收入的增長，人們的消費習慣也將升級，在購買一些商品，比如汽車和通訊設備時，會轉向價格更高的高端品牌，同時在休閒、旅遊、健康教育及金融等服務行業會出現強勁消費。