中等收入群体的发展越来越成为影响中国发展全局的重要议题。与发达国家相比，我国中等收入群体比重明显偏低。如何有效扩大中等收入群体规模，挖掘中等收入群体的增收动力，关系到中国能否避免陷入“中等收入陷阱”。当前，江苏居民的收入结构和经济发展水平还不相称，江苏居民的收入分配状况依旧严峻，不利于扩大内需和经济的可持续增长。要改变目前江苏中等收入群体“底线不低，上限不高，小康有余，富裕不足”的局面，主要有如下对策建议：①稳定中等收入群体的工资性收入，提高低收入群体的收入水平。②通过推进农业转移人口转型和创业，扩大中等收入群体规模。③挖掘财产性收入提升途径，健全要素报酬机制。④通过有效制度供给和公共投入鼓励创新创业，营造创富氛围。
Middle-income groups become more and more important to China，but the scale is still small compared with developedworld. Expanding middle-income groups can prevent China falling into the “middle-income trap”. In Jiangsu，the resident income structure is disproportional to the economy，which discourages the consumption and sustainable development. Several suggestions for changing the adverse situation are as follows：first，stablizing the wage level of the middle，and raise the wage level for the low-income groups；second，transfering agricultural population to other industries；third，openning more channels for raising property income；fourth，encouraging innovation and startups through institutional arrangements.
