Contemporary China's Society

The Contemporary China Series focuses on introducing the ways, systems, thoughts and charm of China to foreign readers who are interested in contemporary situation of China.

With impressive Chinese values as the theoretical basis, the eight-volume series, covering the overall strategies on the five construction aspects, namely, economy, politics, culture, society and ecological civilization, elaborated in the Report of the 18th CPC National Congress, gives a comprehensive introduction to the general situation of main fields of contemporary China and the socialist development road with Chinese characteristics, and establishes a good country image.  

Members of the editorial committee and authors are experts from the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, Peking University and Renmin University of China etc.

The series’ targeted readership includes foreign adults who pay close attention to China’s status quo and future and hope to learn about the country, and extensive Chinese readers as well. The series can also serve as a reference book for foreign students who are learning Chinese language and culture to study China’s contemporary situation and development.

Enormous changes had occurred, is occurring and will occur in Chinese society. Transformation with profound influences is taking place across the vast land with a population accounting for 1/5 of global total. China is realizing new achievements and confronting new problems at each moment. The book discusses contemporary China’s social structure, social construction, social governance, social life and ethos, and tries to concisely introduce China’s changes in these fields to readers and make comparisons with other countries.

Li Wen, PhD in Economics, director of the Social History Research Office, research fellow and doctorial tutor of the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, CASS, is mainly engaged in studying contemporary China’s economic and social history. His works include Pragmatic Rules for Real Estate Administration, and Past, Present and Future of China’s Land System.