| In the current, our country is in a new stage of comprehensively deepen reform,economic system, social structure and cultural concepts is witnessing profoundchanges. At the same time, our country has entered a crucial period of the building ofa morderately prosprouus society in all respects. To realize the grand goal, we mustspeed up the adjustment and formation of the modern social structure which iscoordinated with the economic structure.This thesis analyzes the theoretical basis of the middle-income class (middleclass or middle class) from the field of sociology, economics, political science. Fromthe research idea of institutional change, it forms the theoretical analysis frameworkof "evolution history, current situation and problem analysis, exploring thedevelopment path" on the basis of the actual investigation and follow-up interviews.The thesis includes the introduction and the five chapters. The structure is orderlyarranged according to the academic paper’ generally requires which is putting forwardproblems, analyzing problems and solving problems, and it forms a relativelycomplete research system.The introduction part discusses the research background on the middle incomeclass in the perspective of a harmonious socialist society. It analyzes the theory valueand practical significance of this problem. It summarizes the research status about themiddle class and social harmonious’ relations in the theoretical circle both at homeand abroad. Based on the study’s shortage, this thesis introduces the method of theresearch, the research ideas and research framework, the research difficulty andinnovation, and puts forward several policy suggestions.The first chapter analyzes the inner relations of the middle income class and theharmonious society. This chapter is the theoretical basis of the full text. First, startingfrom defining the concept of "middle-income", it compares similarities anddifferences among the "middle-income","middle-income groups" and"middle-income class", and expounds the partion criterion of middle-income class,then draw the conclusion:"middle-income class" is the most suitable one for China’snational conditions currently. Then the chapter focuses on the internal relationsbetween the socialism harmonious society and the middle-income class. Building aharmonious socialist society needs to form a kind of social structure whose main body is the middle-income class. The harmonious socialist society provides sustainabledevelopment platform for the middle-income class. The middle-income class is themajor force of economic construction, the foundation of social stability and harmony,the driving force of democracy, and the practitioners of advanced culture. They havethe intrinsic relations and consistent implementation process. The innovation of thischapter: It absorbs the essence of the western concept of "middle class" and the"middle-income earners" in our country. Then it avoids the defect of the westernconcept of "middle class" which pays too much attention on subjective identity, andbroke through the limitation of the concept of "middle-income earners" which regardsthe economic scale as the only partion cretrion, and then the chapter advances the coreconcept of "middle-income class".Researching on the classic text, the second chapter analyzes the theory both athome and abroad about the middle-income class’s important role in economic andsocial development. Firstly, this chapter analyzes Marx and Engels, Lenin, Stalin’sidea of "middle class". Secondly, it researches the neo-marxism middle class theoryand the neo-weberian middle class theory, and the the western middle class’simportant role in economic and social development. Thirdly, it analyzes the "middleclass" thoughts of the Communist Party of China People represented by Mao Zedong,Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping. This paper also attempts to comband research Xi Jinping’s discourse on middle-income groups since the18th CPCNational Congress.The third chapter analyzes the historical evolution, status and characteristics ofChina’s middle-income class. First of all, the development course of the Chinesemiddle class is divided into three stages. The rebirth phase can also be divided intothree stages: growing again and beginning to rise, rapidly developing and basicallyfinalizing the design, rapidly growing and diversely developing. Secondly, it describesthe survival condition, development problems, and the basic features of themiddle-income class: small quantity and scale, wide composition and distribution,diverse occupational structure, multivariate cultural concept, advancement anddevelopment in consumption, dependency and constructiveness in political, and itsinstability. The innovation of this chapter: Firstly, on the basis of investigation andresearch, such as the questionnaire and tracking interview, it tries to grasp the realreliable first-hand data, reveals the most prominent problem of the middle-income class’s development. Secondly, it fully reveals the basic features of the middle-incomeclass, it not only elaborates the actively constructive side of the middle-income class,but also points out its deep-rooted bad habits.The fourth chapter reveals the middle-income class’s development "bottleneck"problem encountered in the process of it growing. The middle-income class has atendency to shrink, its internal structure difference is too big, its class consciousnessis difficult to form, its social function is difficult to play, its class quality is not high.Then the chapter analyzes the deep reasons of these problems. On current, the incomegap widening trend is still not fundamental change. The gap between rich and poor istransforming from a pure quantitative change to qualitative change of class division.The scale of migrant workers into the city is racing with the reformation. Laborrelations contradiction has become one of the main contradiction in our society. Themass incidents are in a high trend. The corruption is spreading in many fields. Thesocial organization’s construction and development is slow and in chaos.The fifth chapter explicates the middle-income class’ development andcultivition under the condition of the harmonious society. This chapter firstlydiscusses the development ideas and principles of the middle-income class. It putsforward the development strategy, such as attaching importance to both "stabilizingthe middle-income class" and "enlarging the middle-income class",and cultivating thereserve army of the middle-income class. Then it analyzes development strategy ofthe working class main body, small business owners, university students’ employmentgroup, new generation of migrant workers and rich group in rural areas. In order toprovide valuable reference for the development of China’s middle-income class, itdiscuses the development experience of the middle class in Britain, the United States,Sweden, Russia, India and other countries. The final objectives lies in the cultivationmechanism of the middle-income class under the condition of the harmonious society,so it in detail expounds the growth and development path of China’s middle-incomeclass, including the interaction mechanism between the middle-income class andharmonious society, the endogenous power, institutional change, structural dynamics,social forces, the hatch of education and so on. |