Five Chinese regions at the provincial level have raised minimum wages in response to China’s ongoing consumer slump. In Shanxi and Sichuan, in the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia as well as in the western Chinese metropolis of Chongqing, the lowest wages and salaries that must be paid each month are rising by 70 to 200 yuan, the equivalent of around 9.30 euros and 26.50 euros. This is according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.