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This collection of articles selected from
Blue Book of Chinese Society 2016 published in Chinese reviews China's social condition from 2015 to 2016. The articles cover a wide range of social issues, including employment, income and consumption, social security, education, medical and health, and others. Findings are presented and analyzed from a number of social surveys on topics such as the public's conception of a "good society", quality of life in urban areas, migrant workers, university students and graduates, and the development of medical and health system. Each article ends with policy suggestions, and a statistical overview of China's social development is given in the last chapter.
About the author
LI Peilin is Director of Academic Division of Social, Political and Legal Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Vice President of the Chinese Sociological Association, and Editor-in-Chief of
Sociological Studies. Li received his Master's degree from Université de Lyon in 1984 and Ph.D. from Paris-Sorbonne in 1987. He has published extensively in sociology, including
Social Stratification in China,
Social Conflict and Class Consciousness, and
Social Transformation and Chinese Experiences.
CHEN Guangjin is Director of the Institute of Sociology, CASS, Vice President of the Chinese Sociological Association. Chen has published extensively in studies of Chinese society.
ZHANG Yi is Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, CASS.
