Community building in China: issues and directions

Abstract

社区的真正本质是社区精神。人们通过参与社区生活， 形成对自己生活和工作社区的认同。中国社会有着自己独特的历史和人文生态环境， 它的社区发展和社会结构与西方有着明显区别， 中国的社会组织没有得到充分发育， 政府在社区发展中起主导作用， 社区建设应该培育居民的共同体意识， 并针对特定的社会问题（诸如无家可归、失业下岗、家庭照顾、贫困等）。 Community spirit is the real essence of community. By involvement in community life, people identify with the communities where they live and work. Thanks to its own distinctive history and cultural environment, Chinese society has a community development and social structure quite distinct from that of the West. Social organizations are not fully developed in China, and the government plays a dominant role in community development. Community building in China should cultivate residents' community consciousness, and be centered on specific social problems such as homelessness, unemployment, family care, poverty, etc.