Why China's GDP per capita is so low?
為什麼中國人均GDP這麼低？
評論翻譯：
Shuo Yang, Coding peasant and civil economist
Answered Mar 10,
It is due to the currency exchange rate of RMB.
China's RMB is under-estimated. But the government won't let it appreciate too much, why?
because China is a huge country, there are a lot of industries which are equivalent to those in developed nations. But there are still a lot of low-level factories or companies, whose functionality is mainly to provide jobs.
因為人民幣的匯率。
中國人民幣被低估了，但是政府不想讓人民幣升值太多，為什麼？因為中國是個巨大的國家，有很多產業可以比肩發達國家，但是依然有很多低端工廠或企業，他們的主要功能就是提供就業。
ltaaaTxt
Infrastructure: China has very good and modern infrastructure. For example, I have been to some developed nations, and I notice the 3G/4G coverage/quality is just so so. But in China, even in remote villages, mobile network coverage is still good.
4、基建：中國有非常優良而現代的基建。比如，我去過某些發達國家，發現他們的3G和4G覆蓋/質量很一般。但是在中國，即使是偏遠山村，移動網絡覆蓋依然很好。
Cheap local brand consumer electrical/electronic goods. Although many Chinese don't earn as much as those in developed nations. They can still afford good modern products like TV/fridge/air-conditioner/furniture, blabla. These products are with high CP value. But people from developed nations are not so well-informed about this and they have to spend a lot more on international brands. A good example is Xiaomi, or OnePlus, which have gained international recognition for high CP value. But they are rare cases, there are so many Chinese products are with high CP value but not well known in the world. So Chinese have the advantages. And a lot of industrial products are made in China, so Chinese consumers can buy them with cheaper price than other countries which have to import these products from China.
5、廉價的本土消費電子和電器產品。雖然中國人收入沒有發達國家多。但是還是買得起良好的現代產品，比如電視冰箱空調傢俱等等。這些產品性價比很高。但是發達國家的人對此不怎麼了解，所以他們花更多錢購買國際品牌。小米或者一加就是個好例子，因為性價比高而得到了國際承認。但是他們是稀有的例子，還有很多良好的中國產品不為世界所知。所以中國人有優勢。很多工業產品都是中國製造，所以中國消費者可以更低的價格購買，其他國家從中國進口所以價格更高。
Nick Tsui, A native of Nanjing, China.
Answered Sep 21
China in general is still an under-developed country. Here is a China GDP-per-Capita (nominal) map based on geographic distribution in 2014 (source: File:GDP per capita of Chinese provinces.PNG)
You can see the majority of China is very poor comparing to US, western Europe, Japan, and even eastern Europe (I believe it should be “USD” instead of “USS” in the figure above).
I am from Nanjing, belonging to the historically and still the wealthiest Yangtze delta region (Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou) in China, However, our GDP per Capita (Nanjing ~ $22,000 nominal source: 2017 Top 50 Chinese Cities’ GDP nominal per capita Raw Data Compiling) is just about to match eastern Europe (Czech, Poland, Slovenia, or Portugal).
Yes of course there are other factors such as currency exchange rate, but those are minor comparing to “really being poor”.
中國總體上依然還是個欠發達國家。比起美國，西歐，日本，甚至是東歐，絕大部分的中國依然很窮。我來自南京，位於最富有的長三角地區（上海，南京，杭州），然而我們的人均GDP只相當於東歐（捷克，波蘭，斯洛文尼亞和葡萄牙）。是的，也有其他因素，比如匯率，但是這些都是小因素，歸根結底還是因為窮。
ltaaaTxt
The answer is due to China's size, and the fact the country is not developing homogeneously. Though the cities on the eastern coast are quite developed, there are still vast areas of inland China that are still poor. So basically all the exciting stuff comes from the developed part of country, and once you factor in the undeveloped part, you have this average-low number for GDP per capita.
答案在於中國的規模，以及中國各個地區發展不平衡。雖然東部沿海相當發達，依然有大片內陸地區很貧窮。所以人均GDP自然就沒那麼高了。
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