Salary increases not in step with rising cost of living
我国工资涨幅达12％？！

A recent survey conducted by the China Youth Daily showed that 85 percent of those interviewed said their salary increases were less than the country"s average annual growth rate: 12 percent, according to National Statistics Bureau.
《中国青年报》最近开展的一项全国性调查显示，85％的受访者认为我国工资的增幅低于国家统计局统计的工资年平均增长率12％。

Figures show the country is going through its fastest-ever period of growth since it began opening up 30 years ago.
统计数据显示，目前我国正处于改革开放30年以来发展最快的阶段。

The annual wages of an average worker rose from 12,422 yuan in 2002 to 21,001 yuan in 2006, the survey said.
调查显示，一名普通工人的年薪从2002年的12422元涨至2006年的21001元。

Going against the trend, 7 percent of those polled said their salaries had fallen over the four-year period.
另有7％的受访者称他们的工资水平在这四年内不涨反跌。

Of the 1,604 people interviewed, 64 percent said their salary rises could not match the economic development.
在1604名受访者中，64％的人认为他们的工资涨幅与经济发展不相称。

“My colleagues and I all questioned the 12 percent increase. It’s just not real,” Zhang, a software engineer with a leading IT company in Beijing, said.
北京一家著名IT公司的软件工程师张先生说：“我和同事对这12％的工资增幅感到很疑惑，觉得这个数据并不真实。”

“Most of us get a pay rise of about 400 yuan a year. Some haven’t had a rise for two years.”
“我们大多数人的工资都是一年涨400元。有些人的工资甚至两年都不涨。”

Zhang said his pay rises were nothing compared to the rising prices of consumer goods.
他说，他涨的工资与不断上涨的物价相比几乎算不得什么。

In terms of who or what contributes most to the average growth of annual salaries, the survey showed that 50 percent people pointed to monopoly industries, 41 percent to companies" management teams, and 8.1 percent to ordinary employees. According to the China Economic Times, in 2005, some 8 percent of the country"s workforce, most employed by major State-owned companies, earned 55 percent of the total salaries.
调查显示，50％的受访者认为垄断行业对年平均工资涨幅的拉动最大，41％的人认为是公司的管理层，8.1％的人认为是普通员工。据《中国经济时报》，2005年，我国大约8％的劳动者挣的工资占全国工资总额的55％，其中大多数人是国企员工。

The remaining 92 percent must be those who said their salaries didn"t rise.
剩下的92％应该是那些称工资未涨的人。

from chinadaily