Harmonious Society To Be Defined

Finally!! I've been waiting for a measure of "harmonious society". No one in the government in China gives a speech without reference to this obnoxious term. What does it mean? Thankfully, these little catch phrases are cyclical in the West. They are invented by some speech writer for a presidential hopeful, repeated ad nauseum and the discarded well before then next election cycle. When you only have one party in power, there is no such saving grace.

Wang Jinhua, deputy director of the Rural Areas Division of the Grassroots Political Power Building Department under the Ministry of Civil Affairs in China, has told local media that China is studying ways to create an index system for quantifying a harmonious society.

Wang says that China will have a measurement standard for the harmonious society and within that resident satisfaction will be an important part of assessing community harmony.