China's social development : analysis and forecast / / edited by Ru Xin ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Chinese academy of social sciences yearbooks ; v. 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Xin, Ru.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences yearbooks. Society.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

With a population of now over 1.3 billion people, any change in China’s social environment is bound to have dramatic impact. The China Society Yearbook (2006) provides analysis of and commentary on social issues in contemporary China, broken down into chapters on different aspects of China’s social development, including change in social structure, population growth, employment, standard of living and education. The Yearbook provides detailed insight into the vast changes in Chinese society since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China and the Mao period, the effects of the country’s ongoing reform and liberalization process on its social makeup, the main aims of the 11th Five-Year Plan, and the daunting problems that China’s economic and social planners face as their country’s economy adapts to a free market system, while raising the standard of living and generating employment for its burgeoning work force. Also included are in-depth comparisons of the country’s different social groups, including its 120 million migrant workers, as well as descriptions of social development in different areas of China’s vast hinterland, where economic development varies greatly from that of the economically and socially upwardly-mobile coastal crescent. Compiled and edited by top sociologists of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), this collection of current research and analysis represents some of the most pioneering and influential articles by social science scholars in the People’s Republic of China.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- China on the Brink of a New Era: An Analysis of the Social Situation in China, 2005–2006 / Li Peilin -- 1. A Survey of Rural and Urban Residents’ Living Conditions in Eleven Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous Regions in Western China / Wang Fenyu and Zhao Yandong -- 2. An Analytical Report on China’s Current Social Psychology / Wang Junxiu -- 3. New Features of Residential Life and Consumption Structure / Zhu Qingfang -- 4. New Features of China’s Population Since Reaching 1.3 Billion / Zhang Yi -- 5. Employment: Concerns over Rural Workers’ Employment Issues / Mo Rong , Liu Jun and Chen Lan -- 6. Adjusting the Minimum Subsistence Guarantee System for Urban and Rural Residents / Tang Jun and Zhang Shifei -- 7. Adjusting the Social Structure and Developing a Harmonious Socialist Society / Lu Xueyi -- 8. A Review of Reform and Expectations for the Next Five Years / He Xiaoming -- 9. 2005: Non-Governmental Development and Transformation of Rural Areas in China / Xu Xinxin -- 10. Chinese Workers: Legal Protection and Exercise of Labour’s Right to Organise / Qiao Jian -- 11. Report on the Development of Chinese Farmers in 2005 / Fan Ping -- 12. A New Phase in the Development of Private Entrepreneurs / Zhang Houyi -- 13. Pursuing Harmonious and Equal Education / Yang Dongping -- 14. Special Report I—China’s Population Change and Policy Analysis / Cai Fang -- 15. Special Report II—Employment Situation and Policies, 2004–2005 / Mo Rong.