What are the emerging social classes in China? How to understand that they are also builders of Socialism with Chinese characteristics?

According to the report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the new social stratum produced in the process of reform, opening up and developing the socialist market economy includes the following six aspects: entrepreneurs and technicians of private scientific and technological enterprises, management technicians employed by foreign-funded enterprises, self-employed, private entrepreneurs, employees of intermediary organizations and freelancers. Regarding the total number of new social classes, neither the national statistics department nor other departments have exact statistical data. According to the calculation of relevant parties and our indirect calculation, the number of new social classes includes management technicians and all employees, and the number is about 654.38+0.5 billion.

At present, the new social stratum only refers to six kinds of people who have appeared since the reform and opening up. With the economic and social development of China, other new social strata will emerge.

The new social stratum is developing rapidly and becoming more and more active. Since the reform and opening up, China's new social strata have developed rapidly from scratch and from less to more. According to statistics, at present, nearly 800,000 intellectuals with bachelor degree or above join new economic organizations and new social organizations every year in China. In the future, with the improvement of the socialist market economic system and the continuous development of new economic organizations and new social organizations, the ranks of new social classes will be further expanded. People from new social strata are widely distributed in new economic organizations and new social organizations, involving all fields and industries of China's economic and social life. Take intermediary organizations as an example, there are not only institutions that provide services to market participants (such as law firms and certified public accountants, including auditing, various evaluation services, measurement, coordination and information consultation, but also institutions that supervise quality inspection, measurement and inspection), but also brokerage organizations that serve various market transactions (such as commodity trading, financial futures market, real estate, insurance, tourism services and transfer of scientific and technological achievements). ). The new social stratum has a wide range of sources, complex components and active thoughts, which are closely related not only to all levels and aspects at home, but also to foreign organizations and individuals. After their economic strength and personal wealth have increased, they gradually have political demands and a growing sense of participation, hoping to play a role in national politics and social life.