Yiyi Zhiqiu.
Recently, the rents in Beijing have suddenly skyrocketed, which has attracted attention. The real reason is still to be inspected. It is difficult to fully explain the price based on intermediary monopolies. The Beijing government's efforts in demolition of illegal buildings may also help a lot.There are divergent opinions in the nets. What is not surprising is to crack down on Andrdquo.The first response to this type of report is that renting a house is also considered a middle class? Compared with the news of the rise in rent, the middle -class survival status behind the news is more intriguing. This question also reveals that we are entering a class flow and gradually delaying.Times, I call it a soft class society.
Why is the middle class?How to define middle or middle income, there are different standards.The international community's loosening standards, almost the average daily income above $ 10, is more than two billion; it is calculated based on the median income of the population.It is measured at two -thirds to twice the median number; there are also standards that are considered to be a stable income and educational background for work.
Judging from the above -mentioned broad standards, China's middle class is not lacking.Reform and opening up not only brought back to the market economy, but also returned to entrepreneurs, but also re -spawned the middle class.After the middle class of the old society disappeared for many years, China finally appeared in a huge middle class.If the annual income exceeds $ 11,500, international media estimates that the number of Chinese middle -class people has reached 225 million, and it will exceed the total number of European middle class in 2020.
The financial crisis fell into the world, and the Chinese economy replaced Japan to become the second. At the same time, the number of Chinese middle -class people increased rapidly.Paradoxically, the Chinese public has formulated a high demand for the middle class by itself, which has made the world's eyes, and it also reflects the low self -recognition of the middle class.
Different countries in various countries are different. The special nature of China is that on the one hand, the standards of self -setting are far ahead of the world. On the other hand, the identity of middle -class identity is not as good as mature countries abroad.
Judging from Gallop's survey, Americans' self -level cognition is often not fully consistent with its real class. Many times, the lower levels believe that they are middle class, and the rich also thinks that they are middle class.For example, 58%of survey data in 2016 believe that they are medium or superior, but the actual number is not so much.This situation is not rare.In the era of Japanese bubble economy, more than 90 % of people believed that it was middle class, so there was a total of 100 million yuan.
In contrast, the threshold of China's official middle class is actually within reach for many cities, but the Chinese in the era of the bubble economy always feel that they are "in the middle -class Andrdquo;The three suits of first -tier cities are the standard of 10 million US dollars of wealth, which is actually enough to be attributed to the wealthy group in other countries.
Scholars Deng Yingwen once quoted the online class standards, divided Chinese society into level 9, starting from the highest level of power, to the unemployed population and farmers of remote mountainous areas as the bottom of the big cities.Ordinary people cannot enter the third level by struggling. The level 4-6 is the middle society of China, which are high, medium, and low-end middle classes. The ordinary people work hard.. 7-9 is the bottom of the society and the grassroots class. Anandrdquo;
In contrast, what class do you belong to?In recent years, under the role of real estate and other assets, China's consumption upgrade and consumption downgrade have also appeared at the same time. Under the same Internet, Haitao's world of JD.com is different.Under the rise of rent, the rent collection is different from the house slaves and the house slaves. The mentality is different. Hundreds of thousands of white -collar or middle class have been incorporated in the face of the rising rent.
Is this Chinese middle -class hypocritical?Not.When the grassroots population of large cities was driven away, the middle class might consider it safe, but the rent rose, but exposed the weakness of the middle class.Hundreds of thousands of income, absolutely medium -class in most places, daily income can be classified as high -income groups by more than $ 200.However, in media reports, such groups will also be relegated and difficult to renew the rent when the rent rises, causing AND "The middle class will never renew the rent andrdquo; and sigh onMdash; Andmdash;Cash savings are much better than middle -class abroad, but risks and uncertainty always make them as thin as ice.
After the financial crisis, the ghost of class problems returned to the mainstream vision.The differentiation of the class may be entering a turning point, both in Europe and the United States and China.At present, it may be entering a soft -class society. The biggest feature is not the rigid class solidification, but the flexible depression of the flow of the class.
The direct consequence of the lag of the class flow is the atrophy of the middle class. This is actually not surprising. The middle class is not only a stabilizer in the change of society, but also the most sensitive crowd in social changes.
When the possibility of changing the destiny of the past or the possibility of getting rich by entrepreneurship, the real estate became an anchor of the class.I once discussed the organizational class. Some readers said that whether there is a house is an important indicator. See the price of real estate in various communities, and even the unit price of the material management fee.The principle of the market Andrdquo; and Andrdquo; Andrdquo; Andrdquo; and "The window of the urban real estate circle has passed, and those who have not shared the preliminary dividends are difficult to progress at this stage and the future stage."
The dream of explosive wealth that is difficult to place in the middle class constitutes the main picture of the past society.Until now, the soft -class society has arrived, the opportunity has been reduced, and the anxiety and embarrassment of China's middle class have doubled.Everyone has profound fear of the level of class degradation. The reason is probably that every time a class is reduced, the pressure of survival will increase suddenly.In the discussion of my public account "Xu Jin Economic Man", a friend commented, regardless of class, wealth, or personal security, now that he will retreat if you do not advance.
From the perspective of the layer, I think that the soft -class ecology is the S -type society. This is not absolutely locked in the social liquidity path compared to the thorough class to solidify the society.The class around him jumped into a case and felt reluctant. On the other hand, he was afraid that he would take a wrong step and the class fell.
How to deal with when the environment changes?From an individual, understanding the changing bureau is critical; for society, how to make the basic rights of individuals do not have essential differences due to economic status change.Human's Andrdquo;
A reference from Japan, after experiencing Andrdquo, "lost 20 years of Andrdquo; in recent years, the Japanese economy is sluggish, leading to poor groups such as women and the elderly at the bottom. But in the NHK documentary series interviewsThe basic detail that impressed me is that even in the eyes of the most poorer women, most of them are dressed in the eyes of the director and the makeup is neat and Andmdash; andmdash; this detail, although there are social norms, but the essence is still in the essence of the essence, but the essence is still in the essence of the essence.Society provides the most basic support for individual rights and interests.
The past of Japan has ended, so is Japan's moment that can be triggered by China?Everything depends on our current decision.
This article only represents the author's own point of view. The author is also the founder of the Economy Reading Club. Recently, he has published "No Loss, No Tokyo", and the public name "Xu Jin Economic Man".
