The Slow-paced Development of the Middle Stratum in China: Reason Analysis and Solution

作     者：Li Qiang Ge Yanxia Wu Lingwei 

作者机构：Tsinghua University National Institute of Social Development Chinese Academy of Social Sciencesz 

出 版 物：《Contemporary Social Sciences》 (当代社会科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第2卷第6期

页      面：94-104页

学科分类：0302[法学-政治学] 03[法学] 030204[法学-中共党史(含：党的学说与党的建设)] 

基　　金：the result of the"Study of Social Structure and Social Stratum Change"(2015MZD054) a major program of the Marxism Research and Construction Project and the National Social Science Fund 

主　　题：middle stratum middle-income group social hierarchy social structure income distribution 

摘      要：The comparison study of economic development levels and social structures reveals that the development of China s middle stratum is apparently lagging. Currently, China s GDP per capita is almost equivalent to that of developed economies like Europe and the USA in the middle and late 1970 s, when they became middle-stratum-dominated societies. However, China s middle stratum is still underdeveloped in scale and proportion. Reasons for this are the Chinese household share of wealth distribution is low and wealth polarization is sharp. The solution to this problem is to build a fair environment for wealth creation, let enterprises and government give away part of their income to residents, and increase residents income. In the short run, China should make plans to increase incomes and develop plans aimed at key groups in a bid to increase the Chinese middle stratum in scale and proportion. Education resources must also be equally distributed, and the under-stratum must be helped to move up the social ladder.