This collection of articles selected from Blue Book of Chinese Society 2016 published in Chinese reviews Chinaâs social condition from 2015 to 2016. The articles cover a wide range of social issues, including employment, income and consumption, social security, education, medical and health, 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 the development of medical and health system. Each article ends with policy suggestions, and a statistical overview of Chinaâs social development is given in the last chapter.
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.
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