Feel the changes around us

With the reform and opening up, we have embarked on the road of building a market economy in Socialism with Chinese characteristics. A direct product of market economy is the unprecedented enhancement of social competition consciousness. When individuals become the main body of competition and are placed on the focus of competition, it will inevitably lead to the awakening of individual consciousness.

Today, many of us will encounter the reality that after graduating from college, "I" need to find a job by myself; When the enterprise goes bankrupt, "I" need to make a living by myself; What kind of lifestyle to choose, "I" can grasp it by myself ... reality pushes "I" to the front desk again and again.

For the awakening of "self-awareness", economists analyze it this way: the market economy is a multi-agent economy, which is based on the multi-level, diversification and diversification of economic activities. After the reform and opening up, various forms of ownership coexist, which actually confirms the existence of different subjects. In particular, the implementation of the contract system and the shareholding system has also strengthened people's subjective status and consciousness to varying degrees. In the market, everyone must "use their own eyes" to seek survival and development, meet their own needs and realize their own value.

When "self-awareness" awakens, it is a sound social practice to recognize and respect individuals. "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Decision on Several Issues of Perfecting the Socialist Market Economic System" puts forward that we should "adhere to the people-oriented principle, establish a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development concept, and promote the all-round development of economy, society and people." People-oriented embodies a brand-new concept of development, which includes recognition and respect for individuals. This concept of development requires respecting, understanding and caring for people, constantly satisfying people's all-round needs and promoting people's all-round development is the fundamental starting point of development.

The awakening of individual subject consciousness is the necessity of historical development, and paying attention to individual achievements and feelings is the historical progress in the process of social development. When we clearly put forward the "people-oriented" strategy of governing the country, our society has also become an increasingly mature society.

Diversification: the profound evolution of life concept

On September 2, 2004, Anhui Grand Theatre staged a wonderful party. The theme of the party is to commend the advanced individuals in Anhui Province for their bravery. In order to attract the audience, the party specially invited famous actors from Liu Huan, Sun Yue and the province to perform. During the party, there was an interesting phenomenon: when the stars performed on stage, they all got warm applause; When advanced individuals and their families took the stage to receive the award, the applause from the audience seemed to be more enthusiastic and lasting.

On the one hand, performing stars with soaring popularity index, on the other hand, ordinary heroes from ordinary people, have won the same welcome among contemporary audiences.

With the awakening of subject consciousness and the shift of value center, people's value orientation is increasingly diversified, and life presents colorful essence. In real life, we often encounter such a phenomenon: for example, in political participation, different roles can have different understandings and choices. Politically and commercially, fans can also pursue the dream of strengthening the country by paying attention to sports; Even the same person can go in and out in different social roles, make all kinds of considerations, enjoy life among unit directors, family romances and friends, and discuss the right and wrong of the world. ...

It should be said that the multi-dimensional, multi-dimensional and three-dimensional state of each individual or group as the main body is an inevitable trend of historical development. It makes people return to their own social existence, rediscover their social roles, rights and obligations, rediscover the richness and complexity of life, and make people's lives more reasonable and fulfilling.

"Choose wood and live": There are various ways of employment.

For most people in China, there is a lingering "unit" complex. The unit is the support for a person to settle down, and people call it "rice bowl" figuratively. If a person works in a government department, he is eating "imperial grain"; If you work in a state-owned enterprise, you will have an "iron rice bowl". Working in an inefficient unit is a "mud rice bowl", and being laid off and unemployed is a "rice bowl".

Under the traditional employment mode, people rely on planned distribution to choose units. The relationship between units and individuals has solidified, and individuals have lost the space for choice and mobility.

With the deepening of reform and opening up, this old model has been gradually broken. In the past, the dependence of "single-minded" was replaced by the individual's "choosing a good tree to live in" The state does not include distribution, and it has become a trend for individuals to choose their own jobs. Openness, equality, two-way and free choice provide space for individual personality and self-development.

Looking at the employment mode, especially the changes in recent years, it is not difficult to find that the increasingly rational and pragmatic employment concept is the result of the double extrusion of the relative shrinkage of employment opportunities and the expansion of employment population. Once the "favored son of heaven" also began to worry about employment. In 2003, the initial employment rate of college graduates did not exceed 50%. In 2004, the number of college graduates reached an unprecedented 2.8 million, a net increase of 700,000 over last year. Employment pressure, you can imagine.

Therefore, while civil servant positions are still sought after by people, the recruitment positions of state-owned enterprises and institutions are also popular. Even private enterprises and private enterprises that were neglected in the past have been favored by people. Taking economic benefits as the main basis for weighing choices, the consciousness of taking survival as the first pursuit has been highlighted.

The diversification of employment structure has woven a rich picture of social life for us. In today's society, there are not only step-by-step national public officials, but also painstaking scientific and technological workers, both white-collar workers who are struggling for their careers and leisurely SOHO people who are interested in life. ...

Personality publicity: a new concept of modern family

As long as we enter any family, whether it is urban or rural, our family model and family relationship tend to be more and more simplified. Many children are blessed, and four generations under one roof have become a historical term and a warm dream in history. As long as we fully understand the following concepts, we can feel the profound changes in the unit cells of society.

"Raising children to prevent old age is not to prevent old age"-With the implementation of the national family planning policy, it is a very heavy and almost unbearable burden for a couple to support four elderly people and 1 child. People began to turn to social pension services. According to the survey, only 45% of the elderly now choose to live at home for the aged, and 54% are willing to go to nursing homes.

"Dink" Family-21century is the era of new and new mankind. Brand-new views on marriage, family and childbearing make more and more people easily pursue "two-person world". In Shanghai, the birth rate has experienced a negative growth in recent years, which is more or less related to the increase of "Dink" families.

"Empty Nest Family"-The core of the family has changed from the traditional father and son (female) to husband and wife. Children are no longer the bond to maintain the family, and the family has become the same personality of husband and wife. When children grow up, there will be more and more "empty nests" between husband and wife.

"Spend tomorrow's money and do today's things"-the consumption concept of modern youth has been completely updated, and saving money and living within our means has been abandoned by some people. Modern families talk more about financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, credit cards and insurance; It has become a fashion to borrow money to buy a house, a car and provide education for children, and "spend tomorrow's money and do today's things".

Family "AA system"-property notarization before marriage, family AA system "is accepted by more and more families. Husband and wife, father and son, mother and daughter each spend their own money and manage their own accounts. In the past, these incredible things have become extremely common in China.

Mobile migration: no longer ask about the customs of dusk

In our traditional culture, it has always been relocation. The local complex is deeply imprinted in the hearts of every China person.

In the era of planned economy, the unified centralized control mode made social mobility rarely happen in the decades before the reform and opening up, and the only population migration was mostly forced by the environment. With the advancement of China's modernization and the adjustment and reform of government policies, the traditional social structure that determines individual roles by blood, region or caste has changed, resulting in large-scale social mobility. This kind of flow presents a trend from rural to urban, from inland to coastal, from backward areas to developed areas.

Anhui, as a major labor export province, is particularly obvious. According to statistics, in 2003, the number of migrant workers in Anhui reached 8 million. Migrant workers from Anhui went south and north, pouring into the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta, and pouring into Beijing and Tianjin. Feidong laborers are active in Shanghai, and inaction nannies are famous in Beijing. Every year in Spring Festival travel rush, dispatching the trains of returning migrant workers to Fuyang has become the highlight of the railway department.

With the fine-tuning of household registration management and personnel files, the flow of urban and rural talents has been triggered. The scene of "Man struggles upwards" and "Peacock flies southeast" was staged in inland areas like Anhui. Nowadays, Anhui people can often be seen in developed coastal areas and metropolises such as Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. With their diligence and wisdom, they promoted the local economic construction and social development.

Opening to the outside world: globalization is coming to us.

In the just-concluded 28th Olympic Games, Liu Xiang, known as the "yellow bullet", crossed the finish line. His gesture of opening his arms and the voice of "Welcome to Beijing in 2008" at the closing ceremony are superimposed, showing the world an open, enterprising and confident image of China.

In real life, we feel that the world is close to us more and more: on the streets of the inland city of Hefei, you will see McDonald's and KFC in the downtown area; Western-style coffee houses are scattered in every corner of the city; Langzi, Valentino, Lancome, SK-II, Estee Lauder and other international clothing make-up brands have become the favorite of urban fashionistas. Foreigners with high nose and blue eyes who often meet unexpectedly will give you a bright smile; Even kindergartens are labeled bilingual. ...

Behind this open image, it reveals that China people's vision conforms to the evolution of China's reform and opening-up process.

In today's era, closed conservatism means backwardness and decline. With the deepening of China's reform and opening up and the extensive development of foreign economic, trade and cultural exchanges, especially after China's accession to the WTO, the process of our integration into global integration has been accelerated in an all-round way, and China's ties with the world have become closer.

Foreign capital and enterprises have been introduced, and Chinese enterprises have also set sail for the sea; Foreign tourists like the scenery of China, and China people should also appreciate exotic customs. Let the world know about China, and China should learn more about the world and find a clearer future for its own development.

Diversified mass media meet people's information needs. 2002 was called "International Year of News" by the media. The ubiquitous and pervasive Internet also made our world so far away and extended people's horizons for a long time.