An Analysis On Social Changes In China In The Initial Stage Of The Reform And Open

During 1979-1984,huge social changes happened in China.On social structure aspects,state power shrunk on it's own initiative and society's autonomy growed up;social mobility quickened;the urban-rural gap narrowed,the gap between different rural areas widened,the castal area rose sharply.On social structure aspects,state power shrunk on it's own initiative and society's autonomy growed up;social mobility quickened;the urban-rural gap narrowed,the gap between different rural areas widened,the castal area rose sharply?In economic area,the changes on state power and society relations were reflected that government loosened the controlling hands(on agricultural production?enterprise and special area management),took back the collecting hands from production team and brigade,offered the supporting hands to commune and brigade(township)enterprise.In social order area,the government emphasized stability and unity,cracked down on economic and criminal activities severely;in human fertility area,the government carried out family planning to control birth rate;In social life area,marriage and love s autonomy and the commercial factors grew up,the female' s status rose up?on social custom and fashion,"to get rich is glorious" was replacing being poor is glorious ";the seeking knowledge and beauty boom took palace when the longtime "left" clutral policy ended?people' s materialist and spiritual consumption increased significantly after longtime supression;foreign communication increased sharply after the relative isolation;totally speaking,the spiritual life moves from being imprisoned to liberation although the leftist conventional thinking' s suppression and the cleaning spiritual contamination "movement's impact;The Pareto improvement brought the situation that all people being hopeful?On social mentality,all social classes changed among which the peasants,the intellectual and the individual and private economy practioners had the hugest changes?The peasants increased,began to pursued the rationalization of production and life and enjoy life?The end of political discrimination distrust,the inner identitical to the modernization future irradiated intellectuals'sense of mission?Compared to the steady increase of workers and peasants' s income,the individual and private economy practioners' getting rich rapidly,intellectuals' income increased slowly?This income imbalance existed for a longtime and became more and more obvious?It brought heavier and heavier psychological imbalance?The individual and private economy practioners,as a newly born class,experienced the social role from the disgraceful people"to the glorious people"?Their mentality was different in different areas depending the government leaders different attitude and measures?These great changes realized three breakthroughs:breakthrough of Culture Revolution ten years' extreme leftism,breakthrough of traditional socialism established from 1950,breakthrough of traditional society existing for thousands years?During 1979-1984,totally speaking,government and public opinion realized virtuous interaction?By initiatively returning some powers to society and keeping its own strengthen,the pattern that government being strong and society being weak and squeezed by government was replacing by the pattern that government and society were both strong?...