The city of Xiamen in East China's Fujian province has significantly increased people's average income in the first half of this year.

Statistics from a sample survey show that Xiamen registered 34,193 yuan ($5,128.95) in per-capita disposable income among households, an increase of 14.9 percent year-on-year, with the growth rate 2.3 percentage points higher than the national average.

The per-capita disposable income of urban households in Xiamen was 35,357 yuan, up 13.5 percent year-on-year, surpassing China's national income growth rate by 2.1 percentage points.

Meanwhile, the per-capita disposable income of rural households during the first six months of 2021 was 18,485 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.6 percent, which is 4 percentage points higher than the national average.

Domestic consumption continues to scale up as well. In the first half of 2021, Xiamen's per-capita consumption expenditures reached 20,499 yuan with a year-on-year nominal growth rate of 16.5 percent.