Chinese Research Perspectives on Society, Volume 6

Analysis and Forecast of China's Social Conditions (2017)

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This collection of articles selected from Blue Book of Chinese Society 2017 published in Chinese reviews China’s social condition from 2016 to 2017. The articles cover a wide range of social issues, including employment, income and consumption, social security, education, health, food and drug safety, and others. Findings are presented and analyzed from a number of social surveys on topics such as the impact of industrial structure on employment, new social class, value and belief system of youth, and public attitudes toward genetic modification. Each article ends with policy suggestions, and a statistical overview of China’s social development is given in the last chapter.

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LI Peilin is Director of Academic Division of Social, Political and Legal Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Vice President of the Chinese Sociological Association, and Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Studies. Li received his Master’s degree from Université de Lyon in 1984 and Ph.D. from Paris-Sorbonne in 1987. He has published extensively in sociology, including Social Stratification in China, Social Conflict and Class Consciousness, and Social Transformation and Chinese Experiences.
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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1 Expanding the Middle-Income Groups, Building a Middle Class-Dominated Modern Society—Analysis and Forecast of China’s Social Conditions during the Period 2016–2017
 Research Group for Social Conditions Analysis and Forecast, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, written by Chen Guangjin

2 Report on the Income and Spending of China’s Urban and Rural Residents in 2016
 Lyu Qingzhe

3 The Impact of the Adjustment of China’s Industrial Structure on the Employment of College Graduates in 2016
 Mo Rong and Wang Xinyu

4 Changes in the Income Gap of Chinese Residents in 2016
 Yang Yiyong and Chi Zhenhe

5 Continual Improvements in China’s Social Security System in 2016
 Wang Fayun and Wu Wei 

6 Report on Education Reform and Development in China in 2016
 Fan Lei

7 Report on the Development of China’s Health Care in 2016
 Fang Lijie

8 Research Report on the New Social Class in China’s Megacities—Based on Surveys in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
 Zhang Haidong, Yang Chengchen and Lai Siqi

9 Changes in the Living Conditions of the Elderly in Urban and Rural Areas and Future Trends—Based on Data Analysis of Four National Surveys during the Period 2000–2015
 Wang Haitao, Fang Yu and Ouyang Zheng

10 Leisure, Class Status and the Reading for Pleasure
 Zhang Yi

11 Report on the Usage of the Internet and Social Networks in China in 2016
 Zhu Di, Tian Feng and Wang Xiaobing

12 Research Report on the Chinese Public’s Knowledge of and Attitudes towards Genetic Modification
 He Guangxi, Liao Miao, Shi Changhui, Zhang Wenxia and Zhao Yandong

13 Research Report on the Values and Belief System of Young Employees of Chinese Enterprises
 Chen Chen

14 Report on the Analysis of Internet Public Opinion in China in 2016
 Zhu Huaxin, Pan Yufeng and Chen Xiaoran

15 Progress Report on China’s Rural Land Property Rights Reform in 2016
 Gao Qiang

16 Report on the Situation of Food and Drug Safety in China in 2016
 Luo Jie and Zhang Hao

17 The State of and New Issues in China’s Environmental Protection in 2016
 Jia Feng, Yang Ke, Zhang Huicong, Tian Shuo, Huang Jingyi, Zhang Zijiao and Zhou Liantong

18 Report on the Analysis of the Situation of Public Safety in China in 2016
 Zhou Yandong and Gong Zhigang

19 The Status of Workers in the Supply-Side Structural Reform in 2016
 Qiao Jian

20 Report on Women’s Development in China in 2016
 Jia Yunzhu

21 Statistical Overview of China’s Social Development (2016)
 Zhang Liping

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