THE RELATIONSHIP AND ITS SPATIAL FEATUERS OF MATERIAL CONSUMPTION AND INCOME OF THE INHABITANTS IN CHINA
分析了1993年以来中国沿海与内陆、城镇与农村居民收入与物质消费的恩格尔函数，发现内陆居民消费倾向高于沿海，内陆城镇高于农村，并论证了加快中西部发展的必要性。
A positive analysis has been made on surplus economy in China since 1993. The Engel function has been presented on the income and material consumption of the inhabitants in coastal and inland areas, also in towns and rural. Based on the analysis of the spatial feature of the relation between income and consumptoin, it points out that the inhabitants' propensity to consume in inalnd is higher than those in coastal and so do inland towns than rural's. Finally, it elaborates on the necessity and rationalization of accelerating the development of the middle-western regions.