What is the middle class?

The middle class (or middle class) refers to the class (or stratum) where people's low-level "physiological needs and security needs" are met, and the middle-level "emotional needs and respect needs" are also well met, but they do not pursue high-level "self-realization needs"; Because the family is the cell of society, most people's wealth is owned by the family, so the middle class is mainly composed of "middle class families".

The middle class, mostly engaged in mental or technical manual labor, mainly depends on wages and salaries to make a living, generally well educated, with professional knowledge and strong professional ability and corresponding family consumption ability; Have a certain amount of leisure time, pursue the quality of life, and generally have certain management and control over their own labor and work objects. At the same time, most of them have good civic moral consciousness and corresponding cultivation. In other words, from the perspective of economic status, political status and social and cultural status, they all live in the middle class of society at this stage.

The middle class (or middle class) is the cornerstone of social stability; Whether an "olive-shaped" social structure with the middle class as the main body can be formed is an important foundation for the stable development of a country or region and a prerequisite for achieving high-quality democracy. The second generation is the main source of high-tech talents in developed countries all over the world (the first generation mostly missed the era of innovation for its own development; Rich second generation, mostly just want to enjoy, lack of enterprise).

The main sources of the middle class are the children of the middle class with normal education and ability development (more than the second generation), some "poor second generation" with good education and strong professional ability, and a few "rich second generation" who return to poverty.

The main obstacle to the development of the middle class: the social system in some countries has hindered the upward passage of the children of the poor class and solidified the social class.