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China, once called the "sleeping lion" by Napoleon, has achieved tremendous social changes in recent decades through economic reforms. What influence does this have on the existing political and economic system in the world? What kind of country is China? How to understand Chinese society and Chinese experience? This book mainly discusses two aspects: the first is the origin and development of sociology in China. This book comprehensively sorts out the influential representative scholars and their works after the introduction of sociology into China in modern times, and integrates the development of academic thought with society. The clues of historical development are unified; secondly, it analyzes the changes of Chinese society in the past 100 years from the perspective of sociology, focusing on the changes in social structure, people's livelihood construction, urbanization, quality of life, class structure, etc.