In a more dramatic case, heated national debate was sparked after the family of a rural woman killed in a traffic mishap in Chongqing, Southwest China in2005, was paid less than the families of the two urban residents killed in the same accident.

• 还有一个戏剧性的事，2005年在中国西南部的重庆发生的一场车祸中，一个农村居民比其它两个城镇居民所得到的赔偿要小得多，因此引起了一场国家性的争论。