刘世锦提出收入分配改革建议：基尼系数须降至0.4%以下，实现中等收入群体倍增至8-9亿人

Group 1 - The "Sina Finance 2025 Conference and the 18th Golden Unicorn Forum" will be held on January 15, 2026, in Beijing, focusing on the theme "Starting the 14th Five-Year Plan, New Economic Journey - Reshaping Growth Paradigms, Creating Future Prosperity" [1][5] - Liu Shijin, Deputy Director of the Economic Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former Deputy Director of the State Council Development Research Center, will attend and speak at the conference [1][5] Group 2 - Liu Shijin emphasized the need to learn from successful high-income countries with lower Gini coefficients, suggesting that China's Gini coefficient should be reduced to below 0.4% to avoid the middle-income trap [3][7] - A goal to double the middle-income group from 400 million to 800-900 million people was proposed, aiming for this group to constitute over half of the total population [3][7] - To achieve this, Liu suggested increasing the proportion of labor compensation in GDP while narrowing the gap in basic public services between urban and rural areas [3][7] Group 3 - Liu pointed out the need for a shift from indirect taxes to direct taxes in the fiscal system, advocating for increased reasonable taxation on high-income individuals and their assets [4][8] - He addressed concerns about the impact on property rights and stability, asserting that higher tax contributions from the wealthy would incentivize the government to protect property rights, as these rights are essential for tax revenue [4][8] - Liu highlighted the strong correlation between tax sources and government behavior, indicating that effective tax policy can drive positive governmental actions [4][8]