Chinese citizens have seen a continuous increase in their incomes and wealth over the past three decades, as the nation's economy maintains a high growth, according to a report recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

The country's per-capita disposable income for urban residents had risen to 24,565 yuan (US$4028.7) by late 2012, 71 times the 1978 figure and equal to an annual growth rate of 13.4 percent (an actual increase of 7.4 percent when allowing for price changes).

Meanwhile, rural residents too have witnessed a sustained rise in their incomes. By the end of 2012, the country's per-capita disposable income for rural residents had amounted to 7,917 yuan, 58 times the 1978 figure and equal to an annual growth rate of 12.8 percent (an actual increase of 7.5 percent when allowing for price changes).

We here present you with the top 10 regions -- including provinces, autonomous regions and centrally administered municipalities -- in China with the highest per-capita disposable income for urban residents.

  Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

 

Per-capita disposable income for urban residents: 23,150.3 yuan

Growth rate of per-capita disposable income for urban residents: 13.40%

GDP: 1,598.8 billion yuan

Growth rate of GDP: 11.70%