Social Structure and Social Stratification in Contemporary China
China’s social structure in the 21st century: Social structure transformation in China 21 st centuryThe problem of population structureThe problem of the employment structureUrban and rural structure adjustmentRegional structureNotesAdjusting the urban-rural structure, expanding domestic demand, and promoting the healthy development of the economySeveral issues concerning social structure change in China in the past 30 yearsBreaking the bifurcated urban-rural structure and realizing economic and social integration of urban and rural areasThe root cause of the “three rural” problems is the bifurcated urban-rural structureThe prospect of rural reform and development is to realize the integration of urban-rural economic and social developmentCoordinating economic and social development in urban and rural areas is the fundamental policy to solve the “three rural” problemsNotesTheories and methods for the study of contemporary Chinese social structureSocial structural analysis of urban-rural integration and the path to its realizationConcept and research content of urban-rural integrationSocial structural analysis of urban-rural integrationThe path to realizing urban-rural integrationReform of the household registration systemReform of the land systemReform of the financial systemNotesBreaking the system of bifurcated urban-rural structure is the fundamental way to solve the “three rural” problemsOrigin of the bifurcated urban-rural structureEssential features of the bifurcated urban-rural structureSeveral attempts to break down the bifurcated urban-rural structureBreaking down the bifurcated urban-rural structure is the fundamental way to solve the “three rural” problemsThree important measures to eradicate the bifurcated urban-rural structureNotesSociology should pay attention to the study of the problem of farmers todayFarmers’ economic status, their relation to land, and their identity have changedThe occupational structure of farmers has changedFarmers have evolved into eight strata, with different interests and demandsFarmers’ income has increased, and their lives have generally improvedFarmers’ level of education has been raised, and their values have changed greatlyFarmers’ political ideas and attitudes are changingNotesRethinking the development of the individual and private economy in China at the present stageIndividual and private economy plays a significant role in the socialist economic constructionProblems of understanding to be solved in the development of the individual and private economyThe individual and private economy is an integral part of the socialist society and economy, not just a “supplement”The development of the individual and private economy is a long-term policy of socialism, not an expedient measureThe stratum of private business owners is an ally, not an adversary, in the development of social productive forcesNoteEmergence and development of the private economy and the stratum of private business owners in China: evolution in practice and theoryA review of the emergence and development of the private economy and the stratum of private business owners in the new eraTopics of theoretical research put forward by the continuous development of private enterprisesNotesThe issue of migrant workers should be fundamentally addressedOrigins of migrant workersMigrant workers have made great contributions to the cause of socialist modernizationDrawbacks of the system of migrant workersThe problem of migrant workers should be fundamentally addressedNotesEvolution of the structure of social strata in contemporary ChinaSocial mobility in contemporary ChinaSignificance of studying social mobility’Basic framework and method of studying social mobility in ChinaCharacteristics and research findings of social mobility in contemporary ChinaSeveral trends in the changes of social mobility in ChinaNotesDifferentiation and mobility of social strata in contemporary ChinaThe significance of studying social stratification at presentCriteria for social stratification and the current state of the structure of social strata in ChinaTwo methods for analyzing social structure: class analysis and stratum analysisThe status of research on social stratificationAu overall evaluation of the current structure of social strata in ChinaProspects of the evolution of the structure of social strataNoteSixty years of changes in the structure of social classes and strata in ChinaThe structure of social classes and strata before the founding of the People’s Republic of ChinaThe structure of classes and strata in the period of economic recovery from 1949-1952The period of socialist transformation from 1953-1956National industrializationThree major transformationsThe three transformations were basically completedThe structure of social classes and strata in China from 1957-1977The working classThe peasant classThe stratum of intellectualsThe structure of social classes and strata since the reform and opening upChanges in the stratum of agricultural laborersThe strata of industrial workers and business service personnelThe stratum of private business ownersThe stratum of state and social management personnelThe rise of the middle classNotes
