Recently, HSBC ranked China seventh in the world, up from 18th in 2011, for expatriates on disposable income, quality of life, the challenges of raising children and other issues by talking to expatriates living in other countries. The rising ranking was mostly because their household financial status improved markedly on moving to China to work. Half of those surveyed, according to the report, came with the expectation that they would earn more money. Some 64 percent of those surveyed indeed did earn more.