Xiao Kang Dreams - Comprehensive Overview of Building a Well-Off Society in All Respects

Author: Zeng Zhize / Liu Zongxian
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The content covered in this book is indeed extensive, spanning a wide range of topics and dimensions. Due to its nature of "investigation," "dream-seeking," and "analysis," the entire book demands substance, grounding, and logical reasoning. As the author progresses with the writing, a growing sense of apprehension emerges, much like the feeling of "Last night the west wind withered the green trees, ascending alone to the heights, gazing until the horizon was lost" in confusion and helplessness. The fundamental perspective of this book is that mass consumption, the upgrading of consumption structures, the new industrialization path, and accelerated urbanization are the three driving forces for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. The transformation of China's lifestyle from a rural society to an urban society, the integration of industrialization and informatization in production methods, and the dominance of the middle class in social structure are the three major transformation tasks for building a moderately prosperous society nationwide. Industries such as housing, automobiles, electronic information, tourism, and biotechnology will serve as new leading industries, forming the industrial foundation for a higher level of a moderately prosperous society. Improving the social security system, promoting coordinated regional development, optimizing investment and consumption environments, and increasing investment in education and human capital will lay the foundation for a higher level of a moderately prosperous society. To achieve coordinated economic and social development, China's ownership structure will be further optimized, and private capital will continue to flourish. A new social welfare system and a public finance framework will gradually take shape and be refined. The "volunteer-driven public welfare" third sector will gradually rise and grow stronger in providing intermediary and direct services that the government is unable or unwilling to offer, as well as those the market fails to provide.