20 10 Euromonitor Information Consulting, the world's leading market information company, said that with the rapid development of China's economy, the ranks of China's middle class are also growing, and by 2020, driven by the strong economy, this number will reach 700 million.
Dwight Perkins, director of the Institute of East Asian Economics of Harvard University, said in an interview that at present, the middle class in China is less than a quarter of the total population, but there is no doubt that this proportion will continue to increase with the economic growth of China.
Extended data
According to the national 1% population sampling survey in 2005, the comprehensive social survey data of Renmin University of China and Hongkong University of Science and Technology in China in 2005, and the comprehensive analysis data of the national comprehensive social survey data of China Academy of Social Sciences in 2006, the current proportion of CGSS in central China is about 23%.
In just a few years, the proportion of the middle class in China has increased by 8 percentage points, which is much faster than that in China before 2000. No wonder Reuters said that from world-class infrastructure to a huge middle class, China is jaw-dropping.
However, it has to be mentioned that in the so-called "post-industrial society" in developed countries, the middle class accounts for 80% of the total population, but this figure is still far from perfect in China.
According to the research of Euromonitor, by 2020, the middle class in China will reach 700 million. According to the national population development strategy research, the population of China will reach 654.38+45 million in 2020.
Then, in ten years, the middle class in China will account for more than 48% of the total population, and nearly half of China people will become middle class.
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Baidu encyclopedia-ourui information consulting company
People's Daily Online-China's middle class may reach 700 million yuan in 2020 with an annual income of 80,000 to 165438+ 10,000 yuan? Accounting for more than 48% of the total population.