This collection of articles selected from the Blue Book of Chinese Society 2018, originally published in Chinese, reviews Chinaâs social condition from 2017 to 2018. Chapter one offers an overview. Chapters two to seven present Chinaâs social conditions in 2017 from six aspects, including urban and rural income and spending, employment for college graduates, social security system, education system, healthcare, and public safety. In chapters eight to nineteen, findings are presented and analyzed from a number of social surveys on topics such as the sharing economy, college students, new white-collar urban workers, online public opinion and others. A statistical overview of Chinaâs Social Development in 2017 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 Director of the National Institute of Social Development, CASS.
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