This collection of articles have been selected from the Blue Book of Chinese Society 2019, originally published in Chinese. Chapter one analyzes and forecasts China's social conditions from 2018-2019. Seventeen reports present Chinaâs social condition in 2018, including income and consumption, employment, social security, welfare assistance, education, public safety, social and political participation, reconstruction and development after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, online public opinion. Findings are presented and analyzed from a number of social surveys on the publicâs social and political participation, internet use among college students born in 1995-1999 and among adolescents, cyber security, volunteer services, and the conditions of poor households. Food and drug safety, ecological construction and China-US trade relations were given in-depth analysis. A statistical overview of Chinaâs social development in 2018 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 Director of the National Institute of Social Development, CASS.
List of Figures & Tables
1 Towards a More Adequate and Balanced High-Quality Development
âAnalysis and Forecast of Chinaâs Social Conditions during the Period 2018â2019
âChen Guangjin and Tian Feng
2 Report on the Income and Consumption of Chinese Urban and Rural Residents in 2018
âLyu Qingzhe
3 Report on the Situation of Employment in 2018 and Future Prospects
âMo Rong and Chen Yun
4 Report on the Progress in the Reform of Chinaâs Social Security Undertakings in 2018
âLyu Xuejing and Wang Yongme
5 Report on the Analysis of Development of Urban and Rural Social Assistance
âLi Zhengang
6 Report on the Reform and Development of Education in China in 2018
âLi Tao and Zhang Wenting
7 Report on the Analysis of the Situation of Public Safety in China in 2018
âZhou Yandong and Gong Zhigang
8 The Social and Political Participation of Chinese Urban and Rural Residents
âLi Wei and Zou Yuchun
9 Survey Report on the College Students Born in 1995â1999 Internet Usage Behavior
âAn Analysis of Student Tracking Survey Data in 17 Colleges and Universities of China
âLiu Baozhong and Guo Yaping
10 Survey Report on Chinese Adolescentsâ Internet Usage and Cyber Security
âZhu Di and Guo Ran
11 Report on 10 Years of Reconstruction and Development after Wenchuan Earthquake: 2008â2018
âLu Yangxu, Li Ruijie, Yang Xinmeng, Wei Jianwen, He Guangxi and Zhao Yandong
12 Survey Report on Participation in Chinaâs Volunteer Services
âZou Yuchun, Zhang Dan and Xi Yue
13 Survey Report on the Conditions of Poor Households in the Urban and Rural Areas of China
âJiang Zhiqiang, Huang Yongliang and Tian Feng
14 Report on the Analysis of Internet Public Opinion in China in 2018
âZhu Huaxin, Liao Canliang and Pan Yufeng
15 Report on the Analysis of the Situation of Chinaâs Food and Drug Safety in 2018
âYuan Yanfang and Tian Ming
16 The Building of an Ecological Civilization Enters a New Era
âThe Situation of and New Issues Involving Environmental Protection
âJia Feng, Yang Ke, Mei Sile, Tian Shuo, Huang Jingyi and Zhou Liantong
17 Report on the Situation of Chinaâs Industrial Workers against the Background of the US-China Trade Friction
âQiao Jian and Zhang Yuan
18 Report on the Analysis of the Development of and Changes in Rural Households in China
âZhang Xiaorong and Peng Chao
19 Appendix: Overview of the Statistics of Chinaâs Social Development (2018)
âZou Yuchun and Zhang Liping
Index of Terms
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