“社会转型”已成为当前社会科学界普遍使用的一个热门术语。从本质上看,社会转型主要表现为一种结构性变动,其特征主要通过整体性、异质性、重叠性与形式性等四个方面体现出来。当代中国正处于深刻的社会结构转型当中。在这一过程中,由于受历史与现实等因素影响,造就了当代中国的社会结构转型在所处历史方位、驱动机制、策略方针、主要内容、路径取向等诸多方面都呈现出不同于其他国家的显著特点。 “Social Transformation ” has become a popular term commonly used in the social sciences. In essence, the social transformation is mainly manifested as a structural change, and its characteristics are mainly reflected in four aspects: integrity, heterogeneity, overlap and formality. Contemporary China is in the midst of profound social restructuring. In this process, due to the influence of history and reality, the transformation of the social structure of contemporary China presents different historical conditions, driving mechanisms, strategic directions, main contents, and path orientation from that of other countries The salient features.