What is "middle class"?

In 1951, the famous American sociologist Wright Mills published "White Collar: The American Middle Class". As soon as the book was released, he immediately promoted the concepts of "white collar" and "middle class" to the world and generalized it into a global topic. Wright Mills first proposed the concept of the white-collar class as the "middle class" and studied the situation of the "middle class" in detail.

Wright Mills points out in the book that in industrially developed Western countries, a group of mid-level administrative officials have emerged in government departments, mid-level personnel and staff in state-owned and private monopolies, and others. A new group composed of professional and technical personnel in the field - the "middle class". He made a definition of the "middle class", that is, the "middle class" is a group like this:

1. Dependent on large institutions and specializing in non-directly productive administrative work and technology Services;

2. No fixed assets, no property distribution rights to service organizations, difficult to judge assets;

3. Make a living by knowledge and technology, receive a more stable and generous income Annual salary or monthly salary;

4. Conservative thinking, mechanical and monotonous life, lack of revolutionary enthusiasm, but rejecting vulgar and vulgar popular tastes in order to maintain an image of dignity commensurate with his status.

In our country, generally speaking, the "middle class" in the eyes of fashion media and ordinary people is often associated with "white-collar workers" and "high income", "high consumption" and "high education" groups linked together by words. Judging from the materials obtained in relevant interviews, survey respondents generally believe that my country’s “middle class” includes the following categories of people:

1. Private business owners who emerged after the reform and opening up;

2. Applicants for "white-collar workers" at all levels and types in foreign companies and foreign-funded enterprises (mainly referring to office secretaries, technical workers, etc.)

3. Teachers, engineers and engineers with intermediate and senior professional titles Senior professional and technical talents that are scarce in various markets;

4. The "bosses" of large state-owned enterprises and monopoly industries;

5. Obvious "bosses" in the media, entertainment industry, and sports circles Big shot".

Who is the middle class in China?

The tribe of the middle class:

1. Professional managers: professional middle class

The growth of managers first occurs in foreign companies; professional managers are relatively Entrepreneurs are committed from the beginning to the end; professional managers have great business acumen and management capabilities; professional managers have higher incomes.

2. IT talents: the most active middle class

IT personnel are one of the middle class groups. With the rise of the IT industry, they have experienced the ups and downs of the Internet bubble economy in the past few years. , have become increasingly mature, and, as practitioners in emerging industries, they have broad development prospects.

3. Intellectuals: beneficiaries of marketization

People and the market are closely linked: knowledge becomes capital. Knowledge is power, and knowledge creates wealth. In the information age, knowledge has increasingly become a means for people to gain wealth.

4. Private business owners: the most active tribe of the middle class

Private business owners are not afraid of hardship and are strong-willed; private business owners have a strong sense of competition and market awareness; private business owners Have the enterprising spirit and professionalism to continuously develop, dare to do big things and seek great development, and show their own abilities and test their own life value in the process of forging ahead.

5. White-collar workers: the most popular middle class in urban areas

After the emergence of "white-collar workers" as a class, they have obvious external group characteristics: fashion consumption.

6. CEO: the highest-paid group among the middle class

In addition to huge annual salaries, the popular management buyout (MBO) has also created huge wealth for business leaders.

7. The entertainment, film and television industry: the fashion pioneers with the easiest money

Among the middle class, stars in the film and television industry are a group that attracts attention. In addition to their outstanding performances, In addition to their talents and huge wealth, they are also often pioneers in fashion and trends, guiding the fashion trends of society.

8. The media industry: the middle class who relies on their backers and eats the mountain

9. Sports stars: the middle class who are forged with sweat

The middle class in the gray area

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1. The "middle class" who harms the public and enriches private interests and seeks unjust talents

2. Tax evasion: the middle class who obtains improper income

3. Underground black industry "Get rich"

Being a madam, prostitution; smuggling, drug trafficking;

An alternative middle class

1. "Petty bourgeoisie": the most promising to become the middle class

2. BOBO: Marginal middle-class people

3. New poor: poor people with high salaries

4. Examinationists: "acid" "A sign of the times