China's Class Structure and Future Trend

According to a series of nationwide sample data, the paper analyzes the changed trend of Chinese class structure, finds that the population of middle class is becoming more and more, the population of working class is surpassing the counterpart of farmer class. With the expansion of higher education, the population of middle class will be the first biggest class in the near future, but the new middle class is still smaller. However, farmer class will be shrunk dramatically when urbanization is speed up. This kind of social transformation will affect the distribution of most Chinese society’s social policy.