CHINESE FAMILY AND MARKET-ECONOMY

The aim of this paper is to present and examine critically, perspectiv es regarding the impact of industrialization on Chinese marriage and f amily as presented by the mainland scholars and family workers at the Fourth National Conference on Chinese Marriage and Family in Market Ec onomy, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 6-8 January 1994. The in fluence of Chinese culture and history on the interpretation of the im pact of industrialization on marriage and family is discussed. Some an alogies are drawn between the Chinese perspective on the impact of ind ustrialization on marriage and the family and the perspectives develop ed in postindustrial Europe and North America.