Beijing is about 540 million middle-class majority of slaves into house slaves car

Beijing is the middle class in the social class structure, the proportion has exceeded 40%, about 540 million people. This is the last of Beijing University and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House jointly issued the "social construction of Beijing 2010 Report" published data. The report from the social enterprise, social management, social structure, the three aspects of Beijing from 2009 to 2010 social construction analysis of the hot issues.


■ Key words middle class

Average monthly income of 6,000 yuan into the middle

According to "report" on the social structure of Beijing, Beijing is the middle class in the social class structure, the proportion has more than 40%, or about 540 million people, which compared favorably with 23% of the national average (according to the Chinese community ASTRI sociology "Structural Changes of Contemporary China"). This is in Beijing as the city's economic, cultural and other advantages are closely related.

From the income perspective, the Beijing Bureau of Statistics announced on July 16, 2009 average monthly wages in Beijing for the 4037 yuan, the "Report" survey of the middle class average monthly income of 5,923.18 yuan, the middle class families average monthly income of 10,007.96 yuan (family monthly income was 3692.97 yuan per capita), while the Beijing urban household income of 22,417 yuan on average. Given the survey found that middle-class income-reporting is common, therefore, the actual income of the middle class should be higher than the survey results.

Beijing within the middle class income, the degree of differentiation than the general level of society. With the highest income group is the main group of SMEs, the average monthly income of 9,666.67 yuan, the lowest is the staff and other groups, to 2947.76 yuan. Survey results show that 20% of the middle class the lowest income group and 20% highest income group was 9.09 times the income gap.

The majority as "house slaves", "car slaves"

"Report" pointed out the middle class in China include mid-level party and government organs and institutions in leading cadres, medium and small private entrepreneurs, business managers, teachers, doctors and other professional and technical personnel, the staff and some individual business. Within the middle class, only 170 million people, or about 30% in the middle and upper classes, there are nearly 70% in the middle and lower classes, facing the dual pressures of work and life.

Layer from the inside point of view, in the upper middle class, the location of most major leading cadres, in addition to the majority of SME owners and some managers, professional and technical personnel. They received a good education, a certain amount of Quan Li, have a high income, spending power endowed property, private Ju Yi Ji other Gaodang consumer goods, Zai Wen Hua resources, organizational and economic resources owned Fangmian in You Shi.

The staff, the majority of individual businesses and junior titles in the professional and technical personnel in the middle and lower middle class position. Size of about 308 million people, accounting for the total number of middle class 68.5%. They received a good education, but in the organization of resources and economic resources have a relatively inferior position of respect. Strong consumer demand, not high income level with the face of high prices, automotive and other bulk consumer, as "house slaves", "car slave."