Constantly meeting people's ever-growing needs for a better life with people-oriented philosophy is fundamental for China's efforts to ensure, improve and develop people's livelihood. This book analyzes the connotation of ensuring people's livelihood in China in the new era, discusses people's material and cultural needs for a better life, and puts forward five core essentials of ensuring people's livelihood in China in the new era. It also introduces the key areas and practical paths and demonstrates the great achievements in the development of people's livelihood in China from six aspects, including winning the battle against poverty, running education that people are satisfied with, achieving fuller employment and better quality jobs, building the world's largest social security system,ensuring housing for all the people, and building a healthy and beautiful China.
With the all-round acceleration of its modernization process, China has fully solved the problem of food and clothing 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 toward a new era of common prosperity.

郑功成，男，1964年生，湖南平江人，武汉大学政治经济学专业毕业。中国人民大学教授，全国人大常委会委员，国务院政府特殊津贴获得者、中国社会保障学会会长、中国人民大学残疾人事业发展研究院院长。兼任国务院首届医改咨询委员会委员、国家减灾委专家委副主任、中国劳动学会副会长、中国社会保险学会副会长、中国社会福利协会副会长等。长期从事社会保障、收入分配及与民生相关领域的研究，是“中国社会保障改革与发展战略”“维护社会公平正义与保障国民共享发展成果”“国家社会福利制度发展战略”等重大战略项目研究的首席专家。出版著作30余种，发表学术文章400多篇。
郑功成教授主持国家战略研究项目，国家社科基金重大攻关项目与决策咨询项目，教育部重大项目与重点项目以及劳动保障部、民政部、国家发展改革委等多个中央部委及湖北省社科基金、北京市社科基金等重点科研项目50多项。荣获第六届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社会科学）一等奖，第九届、十届、十二届中国图书奖，国家级优秀教学成果二等奖，全国首届孺子牛金球奖荣誉奖，全国挑战杯园丁奖，北京市哲学社会科学优秀成果奖一等奖等多种全国性或省部级学术与教学奖励，以及“有突出贡献的中青年专家”称号和“为首都建设做出突出贡献的先进个人”称号，是北京市理论人才百人工程、教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划、国家百千万人才工程入选者。

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
Chapter 4 Winning the Battle against Poverty
4.1 Poverty Is the Sorrow of People，and Socialism Must Eliminate Poverty
4.2 Guided by the Concept of Targeted Poverty Alleviation
4.3 A Decisive Victory in the Battle against Poverty
Chapter 5 Running Education that People Are Satisfied With
5.1 Education Is the Foundation of People’S Livelihood and People Are Expecting Better Education
5.2 Reform of the Educational System and Practice Path
5.3 New Progress Made in the Reform and Development of Education
Chapter 6 Achieving Fuller Employment and Better Quality Jobs
6.1 Employment Is the Foundation of People’S Livelihood and the Biggest Livelihood Project
6.2 The Employment Priority Strategy and the More Active Employment Policy
6.3 New Progress in the Development of Employment
Chapter 7 Building the World’8 Largest Social Security System
7.1 Social Securitv Concerns Security of People’S Livelihood and People Look Forward tO More Reliable Social Security
7.2 Reform and Practice Path of Social Security System
7.3 New Progress in the Development and Social Security System Reform
Chapter 8 Ensuring Housing for All the People
8.1 Housing Is Essential to People’s Livelihood and People Expect More Comfortable Living Conditions
8.2 Practice Approaches for Ensuring Housing for All the People
8.3 New Progress in Housing Security
Chapter 9 Building a Healthy and Beautiful China
9.1 Implementing the Strategy of Building a Healthy and Beautiful China in Response to People’S Concerns
9.2 The Practice Path and New Progress of Building a Healthy China
9.3 The Practice Path and New Progress of Building a Beautiful China