Table Of ContentThe China Society Yearbook (2006)
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The Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences Yearbooks:
Society
VOLUME 1
BEIJING
2007
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The China Society
Yearbook (2006)
China’s Social Development; Analysis and
Forecast
Chief Editors
RU Xin, LU Xueyi, LI Peilin
Deputy Chief Editors
HUANG Ping, CHEN Guangjin
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2007
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This yearbook is the result of a co-publication agreement between Social Sciences
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CONTENTS
Contributors ................................................................................ vii
Foreword ..................................................................................... xi
Acknowledgments ....................................................................... xiii
China on the Brink of a New Era: An Analysis of the Social
Situation in China, 2005–2006 .............................................. 1
Li Peilin
1. A Survey of Rural and Urban Residents’ Living Conditions
in Eleven Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous
Regions in Western China .................................................... 23
Wang Fenyu and Zhao Yandong
2. An Analytical Report on China’s Current Social
Psychology .............................................................................. 45
Wang Junxiu
3. New Features of Residential Life and Consumption
Structure ................................................................................ 65
Zhu Qingfang
4. New Features of China’s Population Since Reaching
1.3 Billion ............................................................................... 83
Zhang Yi
5. Employment: Concerns over Rural Workers’ Employment
Issues ...................................................................................... 97
Mo Rong, Liu Jun and Chen Lan
6. Adjusting the Minimum Subsistence Guarantee System
for Urban and Rural Residents ............................................. 119
Tang Jun and Zhang Shifei
7. Adjusting the Social Structure and Developing a
Harmonious Socialist Society ................................................ 133
Lu Xueyi
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8. A Review of Reform and Expectations for the Next
Five Years ............................................................................. 157
He Xiaoming
9. 2005: Non-Governmental Development and
Transformation of Rural Areas in China ........................... 181
Xu Xinxin
10. Chinese Workers: Legal Protection and Exercise of
Labour’s Right to Organise ................................................. 201
Qiao Jian
11. Report on the Development of Chinese Farmers in
2005 ...................................................................................... 223
Fan Ping
12. A New Phase in the Development of Private
Entrepreneurs ....................................................................... 245
Zhang Houyi
13. Pursuing Harmonious and Equal Education ...................... 263
Yang Dongping
14. Special Report I—China’s Population Change and
Policy Analysis ...................................................................... 301
Cai Fang
15. Special Report II—Employment Situation and Policies,
2004–2005 ............................................................................ 323
Mo Rong
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CONTRIBUTORS
Throughout this volume, Chinese names are always ordered according
to standard practice in China, with surnames preceding given names.
To clarify this ordering, surnames are in all capital letters in the fol-
lowing list of contributors.
CAI Fang is President of the Institute of Population and Labour Eco-
nomics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and Director of
the Human Resource Research Centre at CASS. His academic research
focuses on economic development in rural areas, regional economics,
and poverty alleviation.
CHEN Guangjin is Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, Chi-
nese Academy of Social Sciences. He received his PhD in Sociology
from the Graduate School of CASS. His research foci include rural
sociology, social change, and social development.
CHEN Lan is Standing Director of the China Labour Law Studies
Association and Director of the Legal Affairs Supervision Department
of the P.R. China Ministry of Labour and Social Security. She gradu-
ated from the School of Law at Peking University in 1986. She is a
specialist in China’s social security and labour laws.
FAN Ping is Associate Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences. His primary research area is sustain-
able development of rural areas. He obtained his MA from CASS in
1987.
HE Xiaoming is a researcher at the Of(cid:2) ce for Economic Restructur-
ing of the National Reform and Development Commission under the
State Council.
HUANG Ping is Director General of the Bureau of International
Cooperation and Exchanges at CASS, Executive Editor of the intel-
lectual journal Dushu, and former deputy director of the Institute of
Sociology, CASS. He served as secretary of the Bureau of International
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Cooperation in CASS from 2003 to 2006. He received his PhD at the
London School of Economics in 1990.
LI Peilin was born in 1955 in Jinan, Shandong Province and earned
his PhD from University of Paris I in 1987. He is Director of the
Institute of Sociology and Director of the Department of Sociology at
the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His
main research areas are enterprise organization, social strati(cid:2) cation,
institutional transformation and development.
LIU Jun is a researcher at the Institute for Labour Studies in the Min-
istry of Labour and Social Security. His research interests are in trade
unions, as well as workplace health and safety.
LU Xueyi is former director of the Institute of Sociology at the Chi-
nese Academy of Social Sciences, former president of the Chinese
Sociological Association, and member of of the Academic Committee
of CASS since 1998. He is currently Professor and Senior Researcher
at the Institute of Sociology. His research is in sociological theory and
rural development studies.
MO Rong is Deputy Director of the Institute for Labour Studies in the
Ministry of Labour and Social Security. He has worked as a consultant
for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations
Development Program, and International Labour Organisation.
RU Xin is former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences and a former research fellow at the Philosophy Research
Institute of CASS. His academic research areas are political econom-
ics and aesthetics.
QIAO Jian is Director and Associate Professor of the Industrial Rela-
tions Department in the China Institute of Industrial Relations. His
major research areas are industrial relations, workplace conditions, and
labour unions.
TANG Jun is a Senior Researcher at the Institution of Sociology, Chi-
nese Academy of Social Sciences. He received his MPhil from Hong
Kong Polytechnic University. His primary areas of research are social
security, urban poverty, and social welfare.
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WANG Fenyu is a researcher at the National Research Center for
Science and Technology of Development. He is also the principal for
many national and international co-operational projects.
WANG Junxiu is Assistant Researcher at the Institution of Sociology,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He received his PhD from the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2004. His research areas are
organizational psychology, political psychology, forensic psychology,
and surveillance.
XU Xinxin is Associate Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Chi-
nese Academy of Social Sciences. She received her PhD from Peking
University in 1997. Her research areas are applied sociology, social
change, and social strati(cid:2) cation.
YANG Dongping is a professor of education at the Beijing Institute
of Technology and has published numerous books and articles on
educational issues in China. He is also the director of 21st Century
Education Development Research Institute and the general producer
of the Phoenix Satellite Television Century Forum. His research areas
are higher education theory, the contemporary history of education,
and educational equality.
ZHANG Houyi is a member of the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences and the vice secretary-general of China’s
Private Economy Research Association. His major works are “Rural
Peasantry in Reform” and “Private Economy in China”.
ZHANG Shifei is Associate Researcher at the Social Policy Research
in Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He
received his PhD from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001.
His main research areas are social work and social welfare.
ZHANG Yi is Deputy Director of the Institute of Population and
Labour Economics at the China Academy of Social Sciences.
ZHAO Yandong is President of the Social Development Department of
the National Research Center for Science and Technology of Develop-
ment. His research areas are social development and technology policies,
social capital networking, and social strati(cid:2) cation.
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