The official English-language newspaper China Daily reported on January 20, 2015, that Chinese President Xi Jinping and the other six members of the CCP CC's Politburo Standing Committee have been given a 62 per cent pay increase. Civil servants have also received their first salary increases since 2006. Xi Jinping's basic monthly pay will go up to 11,385 yuan (S$2,440) from 7,020 yuan, the China Daily said, citing announcements by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. At the bottom of the scale, the lowest-ranked civil servants have seen their pay more than double to 1,320 yuan.
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