In an address to the 2010 Global City Informatization Forum, China's Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said the priority for information technology service will be given to rural areas. "The 'digital gap' between urban and rural China needs to be further bridged," he said。
中国的城乡之间存在着日益扩大的rural-urban income gap(城乡收入差距),大城市中的wealth gap(贫富差距)问题也很严重。中国如今涌现出越来越多的super rich(富豪),但是还是有许多人挣扎在poverty line(贫困线)上。Rich second generation(富二代)和poor second generation(贫二代)的差异在大都市尤其明显。