cgss

The Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) launched in 2003, is the earliest national representative continuous survey  project run by academic institution in China mainland. CGSS is aimed to systematically monitor the changing relationship between social structure and quality of life in both urban and rural China. Social structure refers to dimensions of social group and organization as well as networks of social relationships. Quality of life is the objective and subjective aspects of the people well-being both at the individual and aggregate levels.