The middle class, mostly engaged in mental or technical manual labor, mainly depends on wages and salaries to make a living, generally well educated, with professional knowledge and strong professional ability and corresponding family consumption ability; Have a certain amount of leisure time, pursue the quality of life, and generally have certain management and control over their own labor and work objects.

The middle class is a group of people who master management rights and scientific patents through study, hard work and scientific research and development, and then master some factors of production. The expanding middle class is the cornerstone of a country's stability.

In Chinese mainland, in 2005, according to the per capita GDP and purchasing power, the National Bureau of Statistics concluded that the annual income of middle-class families was between 60,000 and 500,000 RMB.

According to the definition of Global Wealth Report published by Allianz, the per capita wealth is between 6,000 euros and 36,200 euros. More and more families in poor countries are among the wealthy middle class, especially in Asia.

Heather said: "There are about 220 million people in Asia (excluding Japanese) who belong to the affluent middle class, and more than half of them live in China. This means that a quarter of the rich middle class in the world can speak Chinese. This is a testimony to the rapid rise of China and will have a profound impact on the global financial market. " China's per capita financial assets are 3,293 euros, but private wealth is growing rapidly. In the past decade, China's per capita financial assets have increased nearly fivefold.

Hong Kong, China

In Hong Kong, according to the definition of Lu Dell, a sociology professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, income cannot be the starting point of emphasis. Lu Dale said that "this (income) is not a very useful classification".

"As far as Hong Kong is concerned, a monthly salary of HK$ 20,000 to HK$ 50,000 can be classified as a middle-income group. However, this does not mean that you become a middle class. It also depends on the price of the house you live in, your consumption pattern, whether you live in a decent real estate, whether you have regular holidays and so on. " .

The middle class in Hong Kong defined by Lu Dale is more importantly divided into professional groups, and at the same time emphasizes that "they were successfully promoted through educational channels with academic diplomas." According to this standard, the middle class in Hong Kong accounts for 20% to 30% of the population at most. According to the definition of the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong, families with a monthly income of HK$ 65,438+HK$ 0,000 to HK$ 40,000 are classified as middle-class families, accounting for 55% of the total number of families.