Chinese Research Perspectives on Society, Volume 8

Analysis and Forecast of China's Social Conditions (2019)

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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 China’s 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 public’s 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 China’s social development in 2018 is given in the appendix.

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LI Peilin is Vice President of the 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 Director of the National Institute of Social Development, CASS.
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1 Towards a More Adequate and Balanced High-Quality Development
 Analysis and Forecast of China’s Social Conditions during the Period 2018–2019
 Chen Guangjin and Tian Feng

2 Report on the Income and Consumption of Chinese Urban and Rural Residents in 2018
 Lyu Qingzhe

3 Report on the Situation of Employment in 2018 and Future Prospects
 Mo Rong and Chen Yun

4 Report on the Progress in the Reform of China’s Social Security Undertakings in 2018
 Lyu Xuejing and Wang Yongme

5 Report on the Analysis of Development of Urban and Rural Social Assistance
 Li Zhengang

6 Report on the Reform and Development of Education in China in 2018
 Li Tao and Zhang Wenting

7 Report on the Analysis of the Situation of Public Safety in China in 2018
 Zhou Yandong and Gong Zhigang

8 The Social and Political Participation of Chinese Urban and Rural Residents
 Li Wei and Zou Yuchun

9 Survey Report on the College Students Born in 1995–1999 Internet Usage Behavior
 An Analysis of Student Tracking Survey Data in 17 Colleges and Universities of China
 Liu Baozhong and Guo Yaping

10 Survey Report on Chinese Adolescents’ Internet Usage and Cyber Security
 Zhu Di and Guo Ran

11 Report on 10 Years of Reconstruction and Development after Wenchuan Earthquake: 2008–2018
 Lu Yangxu, Li Ruijie, Yang Xinmeng, Wei Jianwen, He Guangxi and Zhao Yandong

12 Survey Report on Participation in China’s Volunteer Services
 Zou Yuchun, Zhang Dan and Xi Yue

13 Survey Report on the Conditions of Poor Households in the Urban and Rural Areas of China
 Jiang Zhiqiang, Huang Yongliang and Tian Feng

14 Report on the Analysis of Internet Public Opinion in China in 2018
 Zhu Huaxin, Liao Canliang and Pan Yufeng

15 Report on the Analysis of the Situation of China’s Food and Drug Safety in 2018
 Yuan Yanfang and Tian Ming

16 The Building of an Ecological Civilization Enters a New Era
 The Situation of and New Issues Involving Environmental Protection
 Jia Feng, Yang Ke, Mei Sile, Tian Shuo, Huang Jingyi and Zhou Liantong

17 Report on the Situation of China’s Industrial Workers against the Background of the US-China Trade Friction
 Qiao Jian and Zhang Yuan

18 Report on the Analysis of the Development of and Changes in Rural Households in China
 Zhang Xiaorong and Peng Chao

19 Appendix: Overview of the Statistics of China’s Social Development (2018)
 Zou Yuchun and Zhang Liping

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