中国需要走向橄榄型社会,而不是M型社会。2011年底的中央经济工作会议有关改善民生“要提高中等收入者比重”的新提法引发舆论热议,被视为中国未来30年加大力度向“民富”发展的标志。改革开放30多年来,中国经济保持持续高速增长,从一个人均不足300美元的低收入国家,发展到一个中等收入水平国家,积累了大量的社会财富,民众的收入也随 China needs to move toward an olive-based society rather than an M-type society. The new formulation of improving people’s livelihood and “increasing the proportion of middle-income earners” at the end of 2011 at the Central Economic Work Conference has triggered heated public opinion. It is considered as a sign of China’s efforts to increase its “prosperity for people” in the next 30 years. Over 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s economy has maintained a sustained and rapid growth. It has grown from a low-income country with a per capita income of less than 300 U.S. dollars to a middle-income country and has accumulated a large amount of social wealth.