Chapter 1 The Role of Happiness in People��s Lives 001

Investigating Chinese people��s happiness 001

Who has the fnal say about people��s well-being? 012

New highlights of people��s expectations on livelihood 025

New measures of ministries and departments for people��s livelihood 033

Chapter 2 Tomorrow��s Housing 041

Let ��everyone have a place to live in�� 041

Where is China��s property market going? 048

Where are the construction funds coming from? 059

How to cope with the interest chain 073

How to realize ��sunshine�� distribution 084

��Twin diffculties�� of access and return 090

Chapter 3 In the Sunlight of Equal Education 112

New horizon opened up by education reform 112

Wave of choosing schools �� dilemma of inadequate supply 129

Independent recruitment: a battle of cherry picking 141

Why is it hard for a poor family to nurture a successful child? 148

Chapter 4 Chinese-style Medical Reform 161

Implementation plan for medical reform in the 12th Five-Year

Plan period 161

Six issues related to the diffculty and high cost of seeking medical

treatment 176

Breakthroughs are needed in the reform of public hospitals 186

Chapter 5 Sharing the Fruits of Development 198

General plan for income distribution reform 198

Who is in charge of my salary? 208

A white-collar worker��s life of coping with in?ation 220

How to defne the term "middle-income group"? 228

Tax reduction progress in China 233

Chapter 6 Broadening Channels for Employment 253

Prioritize the development of employment 253

Employment discrimination and equality 265

New appeals of the new generation of migrant workers 283

Chapter 7 Building a Social Security System 295

Developing a more equitable social security system 295

How can pensions and medical insurance roam nationwide? 317

How to keep and increase value of pensions 326