作者简介
　　Zheng Gongcheng，Well-known expert on social security, distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor at Renmin University of China, director of China Social Security Research Center of Renmin University of China, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, president of the China Association of Social Security, editor-in-chief of Chinese Social Security Review. Professor Zheng's major research fields include theories and policies of social security, charity, labor and employment. He has long been devoted to the reform and exploration in the field of people's livelihood in China and published dozens of works in the above-mentioned fields, including Social Security： Idea, System, Practice and Reasoning, The Strategy of Social Security System Reform in China, Focusing on People's Livelihood： Interviews with Professor Zheng Gongcheng, as well as hundreds of academic articles. Many of his works have been published outside China, including in the United Kingdom, Canada and the Republic of Korea.
精彩摘要
　　《以人民为中心：新时代中国民生保障（英文版）》：
　　After Marx and Engels, there is a widely concerned theory of hierarchy of human needs, that is, the theory of five levels of human needs put forward by American psychologist Abraham Maslow in his paper A Theory of Human Motivation in 1943. Like a ladder, he divides human needs into five levels： physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs and self-actualization needs. Among them, the first level is physiological needs, which are also the lowest needs, such as food, water, air, sexual desire, health, etc. if any of these needs （except sexual desire） are not met, the physiological function of the individual will not work normally, and human life will be threatened. The second level is safety needs, which also belong to low level needs, including personal safety, family safety, property safety, life stability, work security, health security and protection from pain, threat or disease. If a person feels insecure, he will become nervous. The third level is belongingness and love needs, which belong to higher level needs, including the needs of friendship, love, subordination, etc., if we cannot meet this need, the individual experience will fall into the dilemma of self-consciousness and worthlessness. The fourth level is the need for esteem, which also belongs to higher level needs, including achievement, confidence, reputation, status, being respected by others and promotion opportunities. It includes not only the personal feeling of achievement or self-worth, but also the recognition and respect of others for themselves. If the esteem needs are met, people can be full of confidence in themselves. The fifth level is the needs of self-actualization, which is at the highest level, including the realization of fulfillment and aspirations, the exertion of personal ability to the maximum extent, and the realization of self-actualization. Maslow thinks that the five levels of human needs are like a ladder from low to high, and they ascend step by step. Although this order is not completely fixed, and there are various exceptions, generally speaking, when the needs of one level are relatively satisfied, they will develop to a higher level, and the pursuit of higher level needs will become the driving force of behavior. Maslow also believes that the hierarchy of needs of most people in a country is directly related to the level of economic, scientific and technological development, culture and people's education level of the country. In developing countries, physiological needs and safety needs account for a bigger proportion, while high-level needs account for a smaller proportion; in developed countries, just the opposite.
　　Comparing Marx's three-level needs with Maslow's five level needs, we can find some similarities： both regard human needs as an organic system with internal relations, recognize that human needs are hierarchical and constantly sublimating, and think that human needs are a system based on human natural survival and peaked by human self-actualization. However, there are differences between the two, mainly in the following aspects. First, the understanding of the relationship between individual and society is different. Classic Marxist writers emphasize the individual in social relations, highlight that the real free personality also have direct sociality, and the individuation and socialization of human beings are two inseparable aspects of the same process; while Maslow starts from an isolated individual, and his description of human needs lacks internal social stipulation, so there is a huge limitation. Second, the cognition of people's instinct is different. From the perspective of physiology and psychology, Maslow attributes human needs, including the high-level needs of self-actualization, to human's inherent and unchanging natural instinct.
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内容简介
　　Constantly meeting the ever-growing needs of the people for a better life is fundamental to China's efforts to ensure， improve and develop livelihoods. This book analyzes the connotation of ensuring people's livelihood in China in the new era， discusses their material and cultural needs for a better life， and puts forward five essentials for ensuring livelihoods in China in the new era. It also demonstrates the great achievements in developing people's quality of life in China in six aspects： poverty alleviation， system of national education， full and high-quality employment， construction of the world's largest social security system， housing for all， and development of a healthy and beautiful China.
　　With the multifaceted and well-balanced acceleration of its modernization， China has fully solved the enormous problem of providing basic necessities for over one billion people in the 20th century， and built a moderately prosperous society in all respects in the first two decades of the 21st century. Now， the Chinese people are striding forward towards a new era of common prosperity.
目录
Chapter 1 The Connotation of Ensuring People's Livelihood in China in the New Era
1．1 Review on the Categories of People's Livelihood
1．2 Understanding of the Connotation of Ensuring People's Livelihood in China in the New Era

Chapter 2 Material and Cultural Needs and Needs for a Better Life
2．1 Hierarchy of Human Needs
2．2 Material and Cultural Needs
2．3 Needs for a Better Life

Chapter 3 The Core Essence of China's System for Ensuring People's Livelihood in the New Era
3．1 Commitment to the People-oriented Philosophy and Development Path of Common Prosperity
3．2 Meeting People's Needs for a Better Life and Constantly Promoting Well-Rounded Human Development
3．3 Improving Living Standards through Development to Ensure People's Livelihood and Well-Being
3．4 Committing to the Co-construction and Sharing， Obtaining Happiness through Hard Work
3．5 Resolving the Pressing and Urgent Issues Concerning the People the Most
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Chapter 4 Winning the Battle against Poverty
Chapter 5 Running Education that People Are Satisfied With
Chapter 6 Achieving Fuller Employment and Better Quality Jobs
Chapter 7 Building the World's Largest Social Security System
Chapter 8 Ensuring Housing for All the People
Chapter 9 Building a Healthy and Beautiful China
前言
　　People-oriented philosophy is distinctive value orientation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era， which is reflected in the political， economic， social， cultural， ecological and other aspects of the thought system， and more importantly， in a series of profound arguments related to people's livelihood. It inherits and develops the view of people's livelihood in Marxist and Mao Zedong Thought. It is a comprehensive development and systematic innovation on the view of people's livelihood in the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics of the times. Its core essence is to adhere to people-oriented philosophy of development， follow the development path of common prosperity， and continuously improve the people's well-being to realize all-round development of human beings. The most important theoretical characteristic of the philosophy lies in the character of the people. The political statements as people-centered theory， people-subject theory and people-supreme theory reflect our fundamental political stance， which need to be embodied by the level and quality of people's livelihood and meeting the people's needs for a better life. In order to highlight the people's status， we should always adhere to the premise of people-oriented philosophy to serve the people， meet their needs for a better life， strive to promote their well-being， and perfect people's livelihood guarantee system to ensure that all the people may have more fulfillment， happiness and security in the development of joint contribution， shared benefits， consultation and governance， so as to promote well-rounded human development and achieve common prosperity for everyone. As an organic and important part of the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era， Xi Jinping's important statements on people's livelihood focusing on meeting the people's needs for a better life from all aspects expounded that seeking happiness for the people is the essence of the Communist Party of China， and taking the road of common prosperity is the nature of socialism with Chinese characteristics. These statements told us what philosophy and path we should take to address the livelihood issues in China's development， what strategies and measures we should adopt to meet the people's ever-growing needs for a better life， and what institutional arrangements we should continuously promote and guarantee the comprehensive development of human beings， which is of great significance to guide the construction of livelihood system and the healthy and sustainable development of people's livelihood.