SHANGHAI ranked first in the country for disposable income by its citizens with the first quarter averaging 14,153 yuan (US$2,280), according to a data released yesterday.

It was followed by Beijing and east China’s Jiangsu Province, where average disposable income were 13,503 yuan and 11,516 yuan, respectively, with authorities revealing that the two municipalities and the province had residents with discretionary spending power of more than 10,000 yuan.

Qinghai and Gansu provinces and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region stood at the bottom with average individual disposable incomes of 6,212, 6,258 and 6,272 yuan, respectively.