你在社會哪個層次?北上廣要達到這個數纔算中等收入

An average middle class citizen in Beijing earns 256,016 yuan (39,528 U.S. dollars) per year, the highest among Chinese cities, according to a research report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).

根據中國社會科學院發佈的調查數據顯示，北京中層收入人羣的平均年薪是25萬6016元（39528美元），位居中國城市人均收入之首。

The "social blue paper" features the profiles of middle class citizens in three of the country's most developed cities -- Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

本次“社會藍皮書”覆蓋國內最發達的三大城市—北上廣的中層收入人羣概況。

According to the paper, an average middle class citizen in Shanghai earns 219,770 yuan annually, and in Guangzhou they earn 170,037 yuan each.

根據調查顯示，上海中層階層人均收入爲年薪21萬9770元，廣州爲17萬零37元。

The average annual income of the middle class is approximately 200,000 yuan, 3.5 times the average of the lower strata.

北上廣三個城市中層階級人均收入約爲20萬元，是中低階層平均收入的3.5倍。

According to the criteria, 55 percent of the population in Beijing is middle class, in Shanghai it is 51 percent and Guangzhou 42.5 percent.

據調查數據顯示，北京55%人羣是中產階層，上海爲51%，廣州42.5%。

Citing the report, Zhang Haidong, a Shanghai University professor who participated in the research, said that over 60 percent of the middle class are home owners and more than half own cars, while only 13.6 percent of people from groups below the medium strata have cars.

上海大學一教授參與了這項調查，他表示，中層階級中有超過60%擁有房產，超過50%擁有私家車，而中下階層中只有13.6%擁有私家車。

An average middle class citizen reads 12 books per year, and 62 percent buy food in supermarkets, compared with 37.6 percent of the less wealthy group choosing to do so, instead they prefer the cheaper street markets.

中產階層市民平均每年讀12本書，62%的人在超市購買食物。相比而言，中下階層只有37.6%達到這個生活水平，大多數更傾向於選擇街邊買便宜的食品。

The research compared people's awareness of their social status today with five years ago. It was found that 48.8 percent of interviewees in Beijing and 61 percent in Shanghai, identify as middle class now, while it was 30 percent in Beijing, 48 percent in Shanghai half a decade ago.

這項調查對比了五年前人們對於社會階層的意識，五年前北京有30%的人認爲自己屬於中層收入人羣，上海有48%；而現在北京有中層階層意識的人佔48.8%，上海佔61%。