On the New Objectives of Building a Well-off Society in an all around Way

"The suggestion of the 13^(th) Five-Year Plan regarding the national economy and social development by the central committee of the Communist Party of China" was passed during the 5^(th) plenary session of the 18^(th) CPC Central Committee. It proposes new objectives for building a well-off society in an all around way. The objectives inherit the existing achievements for a well-off society by several generations of leaders and enrich the connotation of this theory from different perspectives, such as economy, livelihood, culture, ecology and institutional construction. During the sprint phase of building a well-off society in an all around way, three pairs of relationships should be coordinated, namely the relationship between economic focus and the overall layout in five aspects, between economic development and social justice, and between the international and domestic level.

Suggestions on Perfecting Index Systems of Building a Well-Off Society in an All-Round Way

The index systems are not only the tools to evaluate existing practice results, but also the guides to the future development direction and development way of practical activities. ＂Well-off society＂ is a relatively vague concept, and the contents of it ceaselessly change with the advancement of society and the development of productivity. Now the construction of a well-off society in an all-round way enters a critical stage, so the original evaluation standards must change with gradual advancement of the construction goal of a well-off society. So it is very necessary for us to build a comprehensive evaluation index system and make it better and better to provide effective statistical consultation and statistical supervision for constructing a well-off society in an all-round way. This paper attempts to analyze the current evaluation index system, then puts forward the general thinking and flame work of the index system of building a well-off society in an all-round way.

BUILDING A MODERATELY PROSPEROUS SOCIETY IN ALL RESPECTS——Regional Coordination

In China’s modernization drive, coordinated regional development and the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects have been two mutually reinforcing dimensions. The three shifts of China’s principal social contradiction have responded to evolving needs of its regional development. Throughout various stages, the strategy of coordinated regional development has promoted the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects in its concept formation, implementation and upcoming completion, which has reinforced regional coordination in return. In striving to achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society, China has increased its economic base, balanced its regional development, narrowed regional disparities, and increased equal access to essential public services.

BUILDING A MODERATELY PROSPEROUS SOCIETY IN ALL RESPECTS——New-Type Industrialization

After announcing the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020, the Chinese leadership also called for a new path of industrialization, putting a premium on quality and new development concepts. Unlike traditional industrialization in the broad or narrow sense, new-type industrialization features synergy between primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, integration between traditional economy and the new economy, environmental protection, technology progress, and innovation. It represents an inclusive approach to industrial development. At the fundamental level, the success of China’s new-type industrialization can be attributed to China’s inclusive learning and innovations.

The Impact of the GST on Mortgage Yield Spreads of Australian Building Societies

Australia has experienced significant rises in mortgage costs and sharp declines in housing affordability in the last few decades, particularly since it implemented a new tax system of Goods and Services Tax （GST） in July 2000. Prior research has attempted to examine the influence of the GST on general price levels, but little research effort has been directed to investigate the impact of the GST on mortgage costs. Using proprietary data of major building societies in Australia for 36 months, this paper examines the changes of mortgage yield spreads in the pre-and post-GST periods for building societies. Results suggest that the lenders significantly increased their mortgage charges in the post-GST periods, For example, the increase is found to be, on average, 59.0 basis points which are much higher than that of banks.

From Initiating the Target of Moderate Prosperity to Completing the Building of a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

The past 40 years has seen the remarkable history of the building of not only socialism with Chinese characteristics but also a moderately prosperous society by the Chinese people led by the Communist Party of China.By 2020,China will have finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and realized the second strategic objective of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Development of China’s Media Industry & Building of Civil Society

Historical changes have taken place in China under the reform-and-opening-up policy over the past three decades. Changes in China＇s social and economic structures, cultural scenes and social operations are revolutionary. The Chinese people, who account for one fifth of the human race, are working hard to bring about a national reiuvanation.

The New Development of Human Rights “Jurisprudence” in Completing the Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

Bringing the building a moderately prosperous society in all respects to successful completion is a great achievement in China’s modernization and contributes to the development of human rights in China and the world alike.The practice of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects has added new connotations to human rights theories,developing and outgrowing the traditional jurisprudence of human rights.This is reflected in the following aspects:the injection of the overall and equal human development has expanded the traditional western values of human rights based on human freedom and dignity;the injection of interpersonal mutual development,win-win cooperation and risk management and control has expanded the traditional western presupposition of social relations based on the social contract and civil society,and has thus expanded the social foundation of interpersonal cooperation,enriching the social concept of human rights.Guided by the concept of building a community with a shared future for human beings,the building a moderately prosperous society in all respects,enriching the human rights worldviews,has changed the worldviews of racism and zero-sum game among western developed countries and generated the new connotation that mankind should share the development opportunities and achievements.This has constituted a profound jurisprudence of human rights in China and formed an important discourse system in international human rights dialogue.

The Legal Guarantee of the Right to Education Perspective of Completing the Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects

As we review the historical process of completing the building a moderately prosperous society in all respects,the rule of law through the right to education,which has played a leading and guaranteeing role in this process,has not only made great achievements,but also set the direction and path for the development of the education system and unleashed education’s momentum in driving social development.The rule of law through the right to education has been established and developed during the great practice of reform and opening-up.After we achieve the goal of realizing all-round moderate prosperity,it is necessary to straighten out the internal mechanisms concerning its next-step development and codify educational laws in order to further promote human rights progress in China.

Buddhism and Building of Harmonious Society

EDITOR＇S NOTE： To mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of Tibet Autonomous Region, the ＂Pearl on the Land of Snow-China Tibetan Cultural Week＂ was held July 15-21 in Hong Kong under the joint auspices of the State Council Information Office, the Central Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong and the People＇s Government of Tibet Autonomous Region. On the afternoon of July 16, eminent monks from Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan and local Buddhists and Buddhism scholars held a forum on how their religion is related to the building of a harmonious society and in what ways it can contribute to the endeavor. Zhu Weiqun, deputy director of United Front Work Department, CPC Central Committee, spoke on the occasion. Excerpts of the speech follow：

Empirical Human Rights Studies Contribute to Building a Society Under the Rule of Law——Summary of the Fifth National Meeting for the Exchange of Work Experience Among Human Rights Research Institutions

From Nov. 5 to 6, 2013, the China Society for Human Rights Studies （CSHRS）held the Fifth National Meeting for the Exchange of Work Experience Among Human Rights Research Institutions at Wuhan University. More than 100 experts and scholars, focusing on empirical human rights studies and their contribution to building a society based on the rule of law, shared their work experience and discussed effective strategies. CSHRS President Luo Haocai, who served as vice chairman of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People＇s Political Consultative Conference,

To build an energy-saving society

To speed up the development of cycling economy and build an energy-savingsociety is the key point of work in the coming years for the General Administration of QualitySupervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ). AQSIQ hasrecently worked out a scheme entitled 【 Several comments on how to im-plement the State Council' sdeployment on development of cycling economy and build-ing an energy-saving society 】. In thiscontext, the relevant departments are starting the work for building an energy-saving society at sixaspects. That is: Speeding up the work of developing (revising) standards on energy-saving andclean production; Effectively doing work of certification and accreditation on products inenergy-saving and environmental protection related field; Strengthening quality supervision on theproducts of high energy consumption; Strengthening quality supervision on the equipment ofspecial kind; Strengthening inspection, quarantine and supervision on the important import-exportre-sources; Strengthening the work of energy metrology.

Decisive Stage of All-round Construction of Well-off Society Is a New Opportunity for China's Human Rights Cause

The p eriod of"The 13th Five-Year Plan"for national socioeconomic development(2016-2020)is a decisive stage of completion of all-round construction of a moderately prosperous society in China,and the year of 2016 is the first annum of this decisive stage.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)headed by General Secretary Xi Jinping has,with a new stance and new ideas,set strategic tasks

中国公共图书馆事业百年社会影响若干案例分析研究

文章指出,图书馆与社会是一个宏大的专业主题,是极具学术纵横维度价值并且体现理论与实践相结合的命题,存在广阔的研究空间。文章仅是20世纪以来中国视域的图书馆与社会宏大叙事的学海拾贝,试图通过民国年间的合众图书馆、中国改革开放初期的北京图书馆新馆、21世纪的深圳“图书馆之城”等三个典型案例,分析阐述图书馆对社会发展的影响及其折射的逻辑之道。

党建引领基层社会治理创新研究

国家治理现代化离不开基层治理现代化。基层社会治理中党建引领作用如何,事关基层党组织能否充分发挥党在社会基层组织中的战斗堡垒作用,也事关基层社会能否实现科学有效治理。近年来,我国基层治理仍面临不少难题,一定程度阻碍基层治理效能的发挥。面对治理困境,始终要从具体国情出发,立足党建引领基层社会治理的实际,找准症结,积极探索党建引领基层社会治理的创新路径。

党建引领城市社区治理有效性的内在逻辑——基于“政党功能—社会参与”的分析框架

厘清党建引领城市社区治理有效性的内在逻辑是提升社区治理效能的前提。以构建党组织领导的社区治理共同体为目标导向,以政党与社会关系为内在依据,通过建构“政党功能—社会参与”的分析框架可以发现,党建引领城市社区治理的有效性取决于政党功能发挥度和社会力量参与度的高低配置状况。两者交叉形成了“放任型”“管控型”“自治型”和“引领型”四种治理模式,分别折射出了政党与社会无涉、政党整合社会、政党赋权社会、政党引领社会的潜藏逻辑。其中,“引领型”是最有效的模式,因为其能发挥政党功能激活社会参与,形成政党主导下的多元共治。为实现这种模式需要从赋权增能强化政党功能、广泛动员促进社会参与、寓党建于治理提升耦合度三个方面发力。深层次看,党建引领城市社区治理的有效性最终指向的是秩序与活力的平衡,党建引领的核心作用就在于解决这个二元性难题。

社会回应政治:社会组织党建的内在逻辑与功能进阶——以Y社区服务中心为例

党建作为执政党与社会组织之间的组织化、制度化、常态化的互动治理机制,是观测社会组织发展以及党建如何走向治理中央的关键维度。但现实中对于社会组织党建的研究存在明显的“窄化”。为理解和认识社会组织党建的丰富性与多样性,本文建构了“制度同构与治理嵌入”的分析框架,以Y社区服务中心党建实践和治理过程为例,从治理角度研究社会组织党建,也从党建本体角度观察其在社会组织发展中的引领功能与治理价值。社会组织党建是一个多重逻辑的“同构”“叠合”过程,存在制度同构与治理嵌入两个明显的阶段性不同。社会组织党建通过在社会组织内部新构“党社结构”实现了对社会组织的政治引领和治理嵌入。

党建激励与共生治理:基层社会治理创新的有效路径

加强和创新基层社会治理关乎“中国之治”成色。党建激励和共生治理是基层社会治理创新的核心要素与基本方略。党建激励旨在充分激发治理主体的积极性、主动性和创造性,党组织采取自上而下激励、自下而上激励及横向竞争激励等方式予以实现,为基层社会治理创新提供强劲动能。共生治理鼓励和支持共生单元协同合作,注重营造互惠型共生环境,构建高效的共生界面作为治理媒介,促进多元治理主体间达成互动共生关系,以共同缔造行为推动基层社会治理共同体构建,筑牢基层社会治理基础。制度、组织、技术三个维度的积极赋能提升基层社会治理能动性,促进多元治理主体融合,彰显治理效能。党建激励与共生治理相互支撑、互为促进,协同驱动基层社会治理创新。

Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season

This study investigates the potential of contemporary Earth-Sheltered Buildings to contribute to sustainable societies by achieving Plus Energy Building status during the heating season.The buildings analyzed are intended to house a four-member family(102.5 m^(2)).The house is equipped with a ground source heat pump,geothermal vertical probes,floor heating panels,an energy recovery ventilator,and building-integrated photovoltaic panels installed on the exposed building wall.The numerical analysis(using EnergyPlus software)was carried out for nine European sites covering five different climatic zones(namely:southern,Atlantic,continental,alpine,and northern climate)and three latitude belts spanning Europe from south to north.Buildings above 65°N(northern and alpine climate)could not achieve Plus Energy status with 20% efficient BIPVs.With 15% efficient BIPVs,the building above 59°N(northern climate)was incapable of achieving this as well.Regarding the monthly time step,the buildings in the southern and Atlantic climates with 15% efficient BiPVs were able to produce an energy surplus every month,as was the building in theAlps with 20% efficientBIPVs.