Chinese citizens trust government more
- By Zhang Rui
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The Annual Social Development Report 2014, released by the National Institute of Social Development under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on Dec. 30, 2014, surveys 12 aspects of Chinese society, including social tolerance and Chinese people's living environment. [File photo] |
A recently-published annual social report from China's think tank indicated Chinese citizens have had slightly more confidence in the government during the past year.
The Annual Social Development Report 2014, released by the National Institute of Social Development under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on Dec. 30, 2014, consists of 12 reports surveying 12 aspects of Chinese society, including social tolerance and Chinese people's living environment.
The report said citizens gave the government a rating of 69.58 out of the full score 100 for their trust score. The research found that urban residents trust more the government than people in rural areas, but they have wide gap for certain departments. For example, 42.6 percent of urban citizens trusted the social security department compared with 51.3 percent for rural residents. Only 49 percent of rural people trusted the police department while 57.1 percent of urban citizens believed in the police.
Compared with the approval rating of 50.03 percent in 2013 for township and county governments, in 2014, people's faith in such governments increased to 51.05 percent.
The report said the interviewees are satisfied with the social responsibilities governments exercised in 2014. The score in this area was 60.8, one point higher than 2013. Their confidence score for the governments over the next three years was 82.7, 10 points higher than 2013. In addition, 91.2 percent of interviewees said they thought the government's social responsibilities would improve further in the next three years.
It is noteworthy that the satisfaction and confidence scores in fighting corruption for the next three years increased by as many as 22.3 percentage points compared to last year, since the central government cracked down on many senior-ranking corrupt officials in 2014.
In research reports on the living conditions for Chinese citizens, living environment and social satisfaction and confidence, the team sample surveyed 7,171 questionnaires.
The CASS researchers found 48.33 percent of people are satisfied with nation's infrastructure construction, 39.98 percent are satisfied with education conditions and 37.89 percent are satisfied with public safety conditions.
Chinese people were more dissatisfied in mental and spiritual world than in material world for the first time. Life pressure became a notable issue on the dissatisfaction list, with 29.9 percent respondents thinking their life pressure was big or very big.
The statistics showed that 59.3 percent of people were not satisfied with their housing condition, and 58.8 percent of people said housing prices are "too high to accept." The report also found that 60.1 percent of citizens do not intend to buy a new house in the next three years and only 8.7 percent intended to buy a house.
According to the survey, 53.4 percent of people also expressed their dissatisfaction about current consumer prices.
The Annual Social Development Report has been published since 2012.
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