This collection of articles selected from Blue Book of Chinese Society 2015 published in Chinese reviews Chinaâs social condition from 2013 to 2014. The articles featured cover a range of social issues, including employment, income and consumption, social security, and others. Findings are presented and analyzed from a number of social surveys on topics such as the publicâs conception of a âgood societyâ, quality of life in urban areas, migrant workers, university students and graduates, and household registration system reform. In addition, recent development of and future outlook for internet public opinion, labor relations, agriculture and urbanization are examined. Each article ends with policy suggestions, and a statistical overview of Chinaâs social development is given in the appendix.
CHEN Guangjin is Director of the Institute of Sociology, CASS, Vice President of the Chinese Sociological Association. Chen has published extensively in studies of Chinese society.
ZHANG Yi is Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, CASS.
List of Figures and Tables
Part 1: General Report
1 More Emphasis on Quality Improvement in Chinese Society: Analysis and Prediction of Chinaâs Social Situation during 2014â2015
âChen Guangjin
Part 2: Reports on Social Development
2 Chinaâs Employment Situation under the New Normal of the Economy in 2014 and Outlook
âMo Rong and Chen Yun
3 Income and Consumption Situation of Chinese Urban and Rural Residents in 2014
âLu Qingzhe
4 Changes in the Income Gap and Its Future Development Trends in China
âYang Yiyong and Chi Zhenhe
5 Development Report on the Reform of Chinaâs Medical and Health Undertaking in 2014
âFang Lijie
6 Progress in Chinaâs Social Security Reform in 2014: Its Problems and Outlook
âLong Yuqi
Part 3: Reports on Social Survey
7 Report of Survey of the General Public about the Value Standards for a âGood Societyâ
âLi Wei
8 Report on the Quality of the Life Index of Chinese Urban Residents 2014
âYuan Yue, Zhang Hui and Jiang Jianjian
9 Survey Report on Migrant Workers 2014
âLiu Linping, Fan Changyu and Wang Kaiqing
10 Survey Report on the Income Gap of Migrant Labor Forces 2014
âZhang Yi
11 Report on the Life and Pressure of University Students Born in the 1990s: Based on an Analysis of Tracking Survey Data Concerning Students from 12 Higher Education Institutions 2014
âTian Feng
12 Survey Report on the Implementation of the Points-Based System for Urban Residence Permit 2014: A Case Study of Shanghai
âHuang Suping, Yao Yelin, and Zhang Haidong
13 Report on the Housing Situation of Employed Youth in Beijing 2014: Survey on the Development of Adolescents in Beijing 2014
âLi Chunling, Li Xuehong, and Li Haijuan
Part 4: Reports on Special Subjects
14 Analysis Report on Chinaâs Internet Public Opinion 2014
âZhu Huaxin, Pan Yufeng, and Shan Xuegang
15 Chinaâs Labor Relations Amid the Adjustment of the Economic Structure 2014
âQiao Jian
16 Reform and Development Report on the Agriculture, Farmers and Rural Areas in China 2014
âZhang Hao
17 Community Construction and Community Governance Amid Urbanization
âXiao Lin
Appendix
18 Statistical Overview of Chinaâs Social Development 2014 âZhang Lipin
Index
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