Abstract: This paper distinguishes between property income in national accounts and property income in the National Congress Report,and uses national accounting caliber and economic caliber to define them separately. The paper selects national accounting caliber and compares the proportion of property income of residents in China and developed countries both at the same period and at the similar stage of economic development.The study found: whether at the same period or at the similar stage of economic development, the proportion of China residents′ property income is much lower than that of developed countries.The reason, on the one hand, is the high savings rate and low return on investment of Chinese residents make the proportion of total property income lower than that of developed countries; on the other hand, what′s more important is that in the process of the distribution of property factors among departments, the household sector in China is always occupied by other departments: from 1997 to 2007, it was mainly squeezed by non-financial sector profits, and was squeezed by government sector from 2007 to 2015. To achieve the improvement of the proportion of China′s residents′ property income, it is necessary to broaden the channels of residents′ property income and adjust the distribution structure of property factors among departments.

Key words: property income , national accounting caliber, international comparison, income distribution