从1999年开始实行“五一黄金周”至今也有八年之久了，还第一次听说“黄金周是中产阶层的假日”一说。“中产阶层”、“中产者”作为概念显然已经为人们所知所受，同时越来越多的谈论却莫衷一是。媒体也众说纷纭：

• 国家统计局：我国中产阶层进入重要形成期（2004年09月07日新华网），

根据国家统计局最新统计数据显示，在北京、深圳、上海、广州等城市，居民消费已由实物消费为主走上实物消费与服务消费并重的轨道。这意味着本世纪初的10年到20年间，这些大城市将迎来中产阶层形成的重要时期。

• 争鸣：“迎来中产阶层重要形成期”？（2004年09月18日人民网）

进入中产阶层的“重要形成期”，也即表明中产阶层家庭越来越多。而在人口总量变化不大情形下，这也就意味着城市中的中产阶级以下人群将要缩小。但可以看到的情形是，城市中富裕起来的人是有一些，但不富裕甚至比较困难的家庭却越来越多，有些家庭甚至越来越贫困。下岗、失业人员的增多，下岗、失业增多势头短期内的难以遏制，以及大量素质相对低些的农村人口的涌入，决定着我国城市人口中产阶层化、社会经济结构向橄榄型演变的进程将会是缓慢的。

• 中产缺乏的社会（2005年01月21日TOM.COM）

今天我们充满了认识上的困惑。一方面要扶植中产阶层的形成，另一方面模糊的中产阶层现状，又使扶植成为社会利益的再分配，这种再分配似乎更应当向弱势群体倾斜。我们需要建立一个广泛的，多个层次的社会对个体的支持系统。生病了之后有医疗保险，绝大多数人都买得起住房，即便还是要努力一下，教育可以是一种消费，但同时也是一种权利。

• 中产阶层冷思考（2005年01月25日网易专题）

面对如此少的实际意义上的中产，我们不得不承认，中产在数量上还很难称之为一个阶层，而他们创造的特殊的消费行为模式、生活方式和社会价值态度，也很难称之为中产阶层文化，也就无法发挥中产阶层在其社会中起到的作用，在某种程度上，它最多只能算是一种精英文化。

• 中产阶层如何界定？中产者的十大人生选择（2005年02月03日新华网）

有许多人认为，中产阶层的崛起不仅预示着一个富裕时代的开始，而且他们稳健有力的特质也给了人们更多看到一个更繁荣、更趋合理的理性社会的希望，那么中产阶层在社会经济又中究竟能发挥怎样的作用？

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According to statistics released in May 2006 by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China (MCA), by the end of 2005 there are totally 320,000 social organizations in China, marks an increase of 10.7% when compared with the previous year.

It is reported that the areas that the organizations cover include education and culture, science and technology, health and sports, environmental protection and agricultural development, charity and community development. But how many organizations are working in each of these areas is not available in the statistics. However, in an earlier unpublished research paper (in mid-2005) by an university it is reported that there are 44.63% on social services, 42.5% on research and survey, 39.9% are trade associations, 34.62% on culture and arts, 24.5 on legal aid, 21.8% on development and policy consulting, and 20.9% on poverty alleviation¹. It is interesting to notice that many of the organization involving themselves in education.

By the same statistics from MCA, among the overall 320,000 organizations, there are 171,000 non-government organizations (people’s organization); 148,000 “privately-owned non-enterprise institutions”², and 975 foundations. And, there are more than 1,600 organizations working at the national level or in the cross-provinces pattern, more than 20,000 working within certain provinces, i.e. at the provincial level, and over 50,000 organizations at county level. Among all the organizations, there are more than 50,000 Professional organizations, over 40,000 academic associations, around 53,000 trade association, and more than 23,000 federations.

1. The figure does not add up as 100%, since some organizations are active in several areas. [↩]
2. A category when you register with the registration authority. [↩]