Yang Jisheng | Analysis of All Strata of Contemporary Chinese Society

This book is a systematic analysis of the social class structure and its changes in contemporary China. Through detailed data, comprehensive cases, and multiple theoretical perspectives, the author deeply explores the profound changes in China’s social structure since the reform and opening up, focusing on the formation mechanisms, living conditions, social identity, and mobility paths of various social classes such as workers, farmers, the middle class, entrepreneurs, emerging professional groups, the unemployed, and the floating population.

The book not only reveals the increasingly differentiated reality of Chinese society, but also showcases the opportunities and dilemmas faced by different groups in economic development, urbanization, education expansion, and the internet wave. The author pays special attention to issues such as the distribution of interests between classes, intergenerational differences, social mobility, and class solidification, striving to outline a true, three-dimensional, and complex panoramic view of contemporary Chinese society.