The China Society Yearbook is the English version of the Blue Book of China’s Society(社会蓝皮书), a series of annual reports edited by sociologists from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). With over 1.3 billion people and continuous economic growth, Chinese society is experiencing changes on an unprecedented scale. These yearbooks collect influential articles written by prominent sociologists in China that wrestle with social developments of the previous year and address predicted changes for the approaching year.
Yanjie Bian is professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota. He has published books and articles on post-Mao Chinese society, with a focus on social stratification, occupational mobility, and interpersonal networks. Since 2003, he has led a group of social scientists to conduct the Chinese General Social Survey.
Nan Lin is Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of Sociology at Duke University. His research interests are in social networks and social capital, the life stress process (especially social support as resources), social stratification and mobility, and Chinese societies.
Xueguang Zhou is senior fellow at the Freeman Spongli Institute for International Studies and professor of sociology and at Stanford University. His main area of research is institutional changes in contemporary Chinese society, focusing on Chinese organizations and management, social inequality, and state-society relationships.
All those interested in developments in Chinese society, social policy, and developments in the field of sociology in China. Also an excellent primary source for examining how professors and researchers in China discuss and analyze social issues confronting their country.