China Financial Daily

Nepal to maintain a high growth of remittances income
According to Nepal’s central bank released the latest statistical data, was somewhat lower growth rate of Nepal remittances income for fiscal year 2008/09 the first 9 months the resumption of high growth. The first nine months of this fiscal year, Nepal was the remittances of Rs 150 billion revenue over the previous fiscal year 60.2% increase over the same period. Benefit from the remittances of income growth, and Nepal to achieve current account surplus of Rs 34.6 billion, much higher than the same period last year 1.5 billion level.

Nepal’s central bank reported that 9 months before the Nepalese export growth over the same period 21%. Of these, exports to India grew by 10.6 percent, exports to other countries increased by 42.6%.

In 2008, the income of the farmers is expected to increase about 8%
The conference discloses the data, which shows that the Chinese per capita income for farmers is expected to be 4700 yuan approximately; the actual increase for farmer income has exceeded 6% for continuous 5 years. However, this increase is the first time in more than twenty years.

Beijing suburb farmer per capita income breaks through 10,000 yuan
Over the past year, Beijing introduced a series of policies to promote the stable development of agriculture, farmers’ income continued to increase. From January to November the per capita cash income of farmers in the suburbs of Beijing reached 11,445 yuan, which increased 13% compared with the same period last year. In 2008, the per capita income of farmers in the suburbs of Beijing was expected to break through the historic 10,000 yuan, which exceeded 1000 yuan in a year growth.