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Social Construction and Social Development in Contemporary China

A study on basic ideas and strategies for establishing a new urban housing system Housing system and long-term national stability Establishing a new housing system Necessary conditions for deepening the housing system reform Steps and main measures to realize the transition to a new housing system Quantity’ and standard of sales Accelerate rent reform while selling houses The issue of compensating employees not living in public housing New method for new people Setting up housing development and management companies as a transitional medium for the establishment of a new urban housing system Actively and steadily setting up the housing market Fully implementing and improving the system of housing provident funds in an all-round way Organizing and setting up home loan banks is imperative Promote vigorous development of housing construction and construction industry’Notes A new situation and new tasks at the new stage of rural development: some suggestions on carrying out the campaign for building new socialist rural areas centered on the development of small towns New problems at the new stage of rural development Tasks at the new stage of rural development Start a nationwide campaign to build a new socialist countryside centered on the development of small towns Objectives of carrying out the new rural movement Notes Accelerating the reform of the current household registration system The program of building a new countryside of Jiangsu province should be halted immediately Towards a comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development of Chinese society Comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development: the proposal and application of a new outlook on development Main contradictions and problems in social development Natural disasters occurred frequently in 2003, making it a year of multiple disasters Social trends in 2004: implementing the new strategy of comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development Making overall plans to achieve a coordinated economic and social development Making overall plans to achieve a coordinated development in urban and rural areas Making overall plans for regional development to achieve a coordinated development in the three major regions of eastern, central, and western China Making overall plans to achieve harmonious development between humanity and nature Notes Theory and practice of social construction Proposal and formation of the theory of social construction Meaning and main contents of social construction Adjustment and construction of social structure Construction of mechanisms of social mobility Construction of social organizations Construction of coordinating mechanisms for interest relations of social strata Development of social undertakings Construction of a social security system Community building Construction of the public security system Construction of social management mechanisms Like in economic construction, we should do a good job in social construction Notes The core task of social construction at the new stage: adjustment of social structure China has entered a new stage centered on social construction Coexistence of outstanding economic achievements and sharp social contradictions China has entered a new stage focusing on social construction The core task of social construction is to adjust the social structure Profound changes in contemporary Chinese social structure Substructure: dramatic demographic changes Structures of social integration: family and organization structures are constantly changing Structure of necessity-pushed activities: changes in the three major structural markets of employment, income distribution, and consumption Spatial structure: continuous adjustment of the allocation of resources and opportunities between urban and rural areas, and among regions Status structure: a modern structure of social strata has been initially formed Contribution of social structural changes to the development of China’s economy The recovery of the economic functions of the family promotes economic development Adjusting the employment structure to rationalize the allocation of labor force The return of the functional autonomy of social organizations promotes the reform of the economic system Adjustment of urban-rural structure enables the unfolding of the spatial build-up effects of resources and opportunities The rise and development of new social strata greatly enhances the vitality’ of the socialist market economy The crux of many current social contradictions Policy orientation of social structure adjustment The focuses of social structure adjustment Specific policy recommendations for the adjustment of social structure Notes Building new socialist cities should be the strategic focus of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan China’s current economic and social situation, and social construction An analysis of the current economic and social situation Major contradictious in the Chinese society at present Structural analysis of the contradiction of unbalanced and uncoordinated economic and social development Profound changes have already taken place in China’s social structure Currently, China’s social structure lags behind its economic structure by about 15 years China has entered a new stage of social construction The main task of social construction at the new stage The meaning of social construction Main contents of social construction Development of social undertakings Social institutions and social norms Social management and the social security system Adjustment of the social structure Several issues concerning the promotion of social construction Notes Social construction is the realization of social modernization Social construction is the realization of social modernization Main content and tasks of social construction Three stages of social construction Notes China’s main task in the next 30 years is social modernization 30 years is social modernization China’s economy is basically modernized, while social construction is still lagging behind China has entered a new stage centered on social construction China’s main task in the next 20 years is social modernization Note The era of social construction has arrived

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