On The Consumption Pattern Of Citizens In The Course Of Modernization--With An Analysis Of Suzhou City

As the reform and open up policy goes on, China is transferring from a traditional society to a modern society via the construction of socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics. Under this background, the consumption pattern of people has experienced a big change. However, most of the scholars analyze this transition of consumption pattern from the economic angle. Thus, this article tries to do some research on the consumption pattern of citizens from the view of sociology. Firstly, in a theoretic way, this article analyzes the relationships between consumption pattern and need, culture as well society. Secondly, the article discusses the evolution and different consumption status quo of various citizen classes in the course of modernizations of China in a macro view. Then with an analysis of Suzhou city, the article specifically analyzes the status quo of the consumption pattern of Suzhou citizens in a micro view. Lastly, through the narration of five consumption pops, this article analyzes the future consumption tendency of citizens in an objective way, thus shows the writing intention of the writer, which is to construct a sustainable consumption mode well fitted in with China actualities.