Front Matter --Copyright page --Figures and Tables --Expanding the Middle-Income Groups, Building a Middle Class-Dominated Modern Society--Analysis and Forecast of China's Social Conditions during the Period 2016-2017 /Research Group for Social Situation Analysis and Forecast, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Guangjin Chen --Report on the Income and Spending of China's Urban and Rural Residents in 2016 /Qingzhe Lyu --The Impact of the Adjustment of China's Industrial Structure on the Employment of College Graduates in 2016 /Rong Mo and Xinyu Wang --Changes in the Income Gap of Chinese Residents in 2016 /Yiyong Yang and Zhenhe Chi --Continual Improvements in China's Social Security System in 2016 /Fayun Wang and Wei Wu --Report on Education Reform and Development in China in 2016 /Lei Fan --Report on the Development of China's Health Care in 2016 /Lijie Fang --Research Report on the New Social Class in China's Megacities--Based on Surveys in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou /Haidong Zhang, Chengchen Yang and Siqi Lai --Changes in the Living Conditions of the Elderly in Urban and Rural Areas and Future Trends--Based on Data Analysis of Four National Surveys during the Period 2000-2015 /Haitao Wang, Yu Fang and Zheng Ouyang --Leisure, Class Status and Reading for Pleasure /Yi Zhang --Report on the Usage of the Internet and Social Networks in China in 2016 /Di Zhu, Feng Tian and Xiaobing Wang --Research Report on the Chinese Public's Knowledge of and Attitudes towards Genetic Modification /Guangxi He, Miao Liao, Changhui Shi, Wenxia Zhang and Yandong Zhao --Research Report on the Values and Belief System of Young Employees of Chinese Enterprises /Chen Chen --Report on the Analysis of Internet Public Opinion in China in 2016 /Huaxin Zhu, Yufeng Pan and Xiaoran Chen --Progress Report on China's Rural Land Property Rights Reform in 2016 /Qiang Gao --Report on the Situation of Food and Drug Safety in China in 2016 /Jie Luo and Hao Zhang --The State of and New Issues in China's Environmental Protection in 2016 /Feng Jia, Ke Yang, Huicong Zhang, Shuo Tian, Jingyi Huang, Zijiao Zhang and Liantong Zhou --Report on the Analysis of the Situation of Public Safety in China in 2016 /Yandong Zhou and Zhigang Gong --The Status of Workers in the Supply-Side Structural Reform in 2016 /Jian Qiao --Report on Women's Development in China in 2016 /Yunzhu Jia --Statistical Overview of China's Social Development (2016) /Liping Zhang --Back Matter --Index.

Chinese Research Perspectives on Society, Vol. 2 includes analyses of some important social issues in China for 2011-2013, including the urban-rural income and its reform; new development in Chinese social security; reform and development of medical and healthcare industries; living and health issues of the senior population; and employment difficulties, among others.

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 China Enters the Final Stretch before Realizing a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Aspects: Analysis and Forecast of China's Social Conditions during 2015-2016 -- Chapter 2 The Income and Consumption of China's Urban and Rural Residents in 2015 -- Chapter 3 China's Employment in 2015: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Promoted Employment -- Chapter 4 The Changes in China's Resident Income Gap under the New Normal of the Economy in 2015 -- Chapter 5 Progress of the Social Security Undertaking amidst Reform in 2015 -- Chapter 6 Annual Report on the Development of China's Medical and Health Undertaking 2015 -- Chapter 7 The Educational Achievements in China during the Period of the 12th Five-Year Plan and the Outlook for Educational Development in the Period of the 13th Five-Year Plan -- Chapter 8 Survey Report on the Current Situation of China's Social Quality -- Chapter 9 Survey Report on the Situation of the Urban and Rural Groups in Difficulties in China -- Chapter 10 Survey Report on the Scale and Structure of China's Family Households -- Chapter 11 Survey Report on the Willingness and Planof Urban and Rural Residents in China to Have Two Children -- Chapter 12 Survey Report on the Social Middle Class in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou -- Chapter 13 Analysis Report on China's Online Public Opinion 2015 -- Chapter 14 2015: the Situation of China's Workers towards the Period of the 13th Five-Year Plan -- Chapter 15 Survey and Analysis Report on the Basic Situation of the Production and the Life of Chinese Farmers 2015 -- Chapter 16 The Building of an Urban Community and Community Governance in China in 2015 -- Chapter 17 2015: Report on the Progress in China's Farmer Organization -- Chapter 18 Survey and Analysis Report on the Online Behaviors of China's Private Entrepreneurs 2015.

Contributors to this volume update readers on developments in areas such as income and consumption, industrial transformation and the job market, social security, healthcare, education, quality of life and the influence of the Internet on people and society.

This book continues the tradition of presenting the findings of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences subject research group for the Analysis and Forecast of the Social Situation in China. This volume includes analyses of some important social issues in China for 2011-2013, including the urban-rural income and its reform; new development in Chinese social security; reform and development of medical and healthcare industries; living and health issues of the senior population; and employment difficulties, among others.

Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment 2014 features soundly researched articles on recent developments in China in water and air pollution and their health impact, environmental NGOs, environmental legislation and species protection, and the environmental consequences of poor urban planning.