BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China will improve the system of income distribution, keeping distribution according to work as the mainstay with multiple forms of distribution existing alongside it, Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

Women walk to a blueberry planting base for work at Laoji Village of Butuo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

"We will ensure more pay for more work and encourage people to achieve prosperity through hard work," Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

"We will promote equality of opportunity, increase the incomes of low-income earners, and expand the size of the middle-income group," he said.

Income distribution and the means of accumulating wealth will be kept well-regulated, according to Xi.