experienced a fast expansion of secondary education and tertiary education in the recent decade, and the average education level of whole population increased very quickly (CASS, 2009). University education has been a key to China’s aim to create a broad urban tier of middle class families with “well-off characteristics” nationwide (Chan, 2010), thus the high education is reckoned as a measure factor for middle class here. Since most higher-paying jobs require a higher level of education, the Chinese government currently makes substantial investments in higher education for the younger cohorts, the country’s wealthiest consumers will obtain a common high educational attainment (McKinsey, 2006 a). From the survey result (CASS, 2009), the Chinese people who has a education certificate above university degree are middle class.
Occupation
The general impression of middle class in China is the people who has a decent occupation with earning high-above average salary. Many of those people who openly label themselves as middle class in China are comprised of businessmen, writers, doctors, lawyers, employees of foreign companies, professionals, entrepreneurs, artists and intellectuals (Hays, 2008). According to the study (CASS, cited Yang, 2010), China’s middle class has been classified into three categories: the new middle class, the old middle class and the marginal middle class.
The new middle class includes party and government officials, enterprise
在最近的十年，经历了中学教育和高等教育的快速扩张和整体人口的平均受教育水平的提高非常快（CASS，2009）。大学教育一直是中国的目标，创造了广阔的城市层的中产阶层家庭的“小康特性”全国（陈，2010），因此高学历算作中产阶层的衡量因素。由于大部分薪水更高的工作要求较高的教育水平，目前中国政府大量投资于高等教育的年轻世代，全国最富有的消费者将获得一个常见的高学历（麦肯锡，2006）。从调查结果（CASS，2009），中国人有大学以上程度的学历证书是中产阶层。
占用
中国中产阶层的一般印象是人们有一个体面的职业，收入高于平均水平的工资。公开标示自己是中产阶层在中国的许多人，包括商人，作家，医生，律师，员工的外国公司，专业人士，企业家，艺术家和知识分子（海斯，2008年）。 （CASS，引阳，2010）的研究，中国的中产阶级已经分为三大类：新中产阶级，老中产阶级和边缘中产阶级。
新的中产阶层，包括党和政府官员，企业
