本书运用大量统计数据和经验调查材料，从人口、家庭、社会结构、社会心态、社会治理等不同的角度，全面反映了改革开放以来中国发生的千年未有之巨变，揭示了中国何以能够通过有效的社会治理应对社会巨变带来的挑战，为理解中国巨变提供了一个窗口。

Based on statistical data and survey materials, this work gives a comprehensive picture of the dramatic changes happened in China since the Reform and Opening Policy in the end of 1970s. From perspectives of population, family, social structure, social mentality and social governance, it reveals how china deal with a series of challenges through effective social governance after those huge social changes and provides a window for better understanding of China.