Generally speaking, the definition of a well-off life is similar to the internationally accepted meaning of quality of life, including material living conditions - food, clothing, housing, transportation and other material conditions; living environment conditions - including Air, traffic, water quality, greening, etc.; social environmental conditions - including social order, sense of security in life, social morals, etc. In the "Ten-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Outline of the Eighth Five-Year Plan" formulated by the Party Central Committee and the State Council in 1991, a well-off society was defined in two aspects: one is the social attributes of a well-off society, that is, "is "Adapting to the level of development of my country's productive forces and embodying the basic principles of socialism"; the second is the level of realization of a moderately prosperous society, which "includes both the improvement of material life and the enrichment of spiritual life; it includes both the improvement of residents' personal consumption levels and the Improvement of social welfare and labor environment”. In 1991, 12 departments including the National Bureau of Statistics proposed 16 indicators for the well-off level, including per capita GDP, Engel coefficient, urban per capita disposable income, and per capita net income of farmers. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in addition to the three indicators of per capita net income of farmers, per capita protein intake, and rural primary health care, by 2000, the remaining 13 indicators in my country had been completed or exceeded. The National Bureau of Statistics uses a comprehensive scoring method to make calculations and believes that by 2000, my country's people's lives will have generally reached a moderately prosperous level. According to the indicator classification in the World Bank's 1998/1999 World Development Report, my country's per capita GDP was approximately US$800 in 2000, approximately US$900 in 2001, and is expected to reach US$1,000 this year.
Correctly understand that our country has entered a moderately prosperous society
1. First of all, the moderately prosperous level at the macro level includes the enhancement of the country’s overall economic strength, the optimization of the economic structure, and the improvement of the economic development environment. . From 1978 to 2000, my country's economy grew at an average annual rate of 9.52%, and from 1989 to 2001, the average annual growth rate was 9.3%, both of which were the fastest growing in the world. In 2000, China's GDP reached 8.94 trillion yuan, which was 7.4 times that of 1978 based on comparable prices. World Bank statistics show that in 2000, my country's total GDP ranked sixth in the world, and its total trade volume ranked seventh in the world. The output of industrial and agricultural products has increased significantly, and the output of some important products has entered the forefront of the world. For example, grain, meat, cotton, steel, coal, cement, fertilizers and televisions rank first in the world, while crude oil, power generation, etc. also rank first in the world. Move forward. The supply of various commodities is sufficient, and most agricultural products have turned from long-term shortages to a general balance, with surpluses every year, which shows that China's economic growth has shifted from supply constraints to demand constraints. It can be seen that from a macro level, our country's national strength is becoming increasingly stronger, its economic system is becoming more and more perfect, its opening up to the outside world is constantly improving, and its society is making overall progress, showing a moderately prosperous situation.
Secondly, the level of moderate prosperity at the micro level is reflected in the increasing and continuous improvement of residents' living standards, living conditions and quality of life. First, the income of urban and rural residents in my country has increased significantly. From 1990 to 2001, the per capita net income of rural households actually increased by 62%. This was due to the implementation of measures such as strengthening agricultural infrastructure construction, improving comprehensive production capacity, promoting industrialized operations, developing rural secondary and tertiary industries, and increasing farmers' income from working. . In urban areas, the state has raised wages seven times in the past 13 years, and residents' income has increased significantly. In 2001, the per capita disposable income of households actually more than doubled compared to 1990. In 1989, the balance of savings deposits of urban and rural residents was just over 500 billion yuan, but now it has exceeded 8 trillion yuan, increasing by trillions of yuan every year. Second, residents’ consumption levels and quality of life have improved significantly. First, the total scale of consumption continues to expand. The total retail sales of consumer goods increased from 830 billion yuan in 1990 to 3,759.2 billion yuan in 2001. The second is the increasingly reasonable consumption structure. For example, the Engel coefficient (the proportion of per capita expenditure on food purchases in total consumption expenditure) dropped from 54.2% in 1990 to 37.9% in 2001 in urban areas and from 58.8% to 47.7% in rural areas.
Third, living conditions have further improved. At present, the per capita living area in urban areas has exceeded 10 square meters and in rural areas has reached 25 square meters. In the early 1990s, it was only 6.7 square meters and 17.8 square meters respectively. At the same time, the quality of living and supporting facilities have continued to improve. Gas and liquefied gas have become popular in cities, and consumer spending on furniture, housing decoration, household equipment, etc. has also doubled. The fourth is the upgrading of consumer goods, from the "old three items" in the 1970s (bicycles, watches, sewing machines) to the "three new items" worth thousands of dollars in the 1980s (television sets, washing machines, refrigerators), to the million-dollar items in the 1990s. Yuan-level computers, cars, commercial housing, etc., and some durable consumer goods have begun to become popular in rural areas. Third, the urban and rural poor population has been significantly reduced. The rural poor population has dropped from 250 million in 1978 to 30 million in 2000, and the proportion has dropped from 30.7% to about 3%. Urban employment channels have expanded, various forms of employment have developed rapidly, and the social security system has become increasingly perfect.
2. The social security system is becoming increasingly perfect. After the Third Plenary Session of the 14th CPC Central Committee, my country promptly proposed the overall goal of establishing a social security system—to be independent from enterprises and institutions, with diversified sources of funds, standardized security systems, and socialized management and services. At present, a social security system with Chinese characteristics, focusing on pension, unemployment and medical insurance, has initially taken shape. First, the basic pension insurance system for urban employees has been basically established. By 2001, the total number of people covered by pension insurance nationwide was close to 140 million, and pension funds were distributed to 31.21 million retirees on a socialized basis. Pensions were basically paid out in full and on time. Secondly, the reform of the basic medical system for urban employees has been fully launched. In 1999, my country comprehensively implemented the reform of the urban employee medical insurance system, and carried out supporting reforms of the medical and health system and the pharmaceutical production and distribution system. By the end of 2001, 97% of prefecture-level cities across the country had launched a basic medical insurance mechanism. The number of insured employees increased from 15 million in 1998 to more than 50 million, and the number of retirees increased from more than 3 million to 18 million. Finally, the unemployment insurance system was further improved. After the Third Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, my country proposed the establishment of an unemployment insurance system. Since 1999, the reform of the unemployment insurance system has been implemented nationwide. By the end of the first quarter of 2002, the number of people covered by unemployment insurance nationwide had reached more than 100 million. The latest data shows that in 2001, the central government's expenditure on the "two guarantees" and "minimum living security" reached 50.8 billion yuan, five times that of 1998; by the end of 2001, the basic pensions for enterprise retirees nationwide were paid out in full and on time. 99%, 99.8% of laid-off state-owned enterprise workers entering reemployment centers can receive basic living allowances on time; urban residents’ minimum living security recipients increased from 11.71 million at the end of 2001 to 19.31 million; fiscal expenditures at all levels for social security in 2002 will be increased further.