在中国史无前例的城市化进程中，城市中等收入群体的兴起是一个显著的社会现象。对城市中等收入群体而言，权利和法治意识的增长、不安全感和对风险的担心以及他们与弱势群体之间日益加深的分化交织在一起，深刻地影响着中国社会治理体制的变革。城市中等收入群体的兴起和参与，使中国社会的治理结构变得更为多元化，对社会治理的能力要求进一步提高。
The rise of the urban middle class is a prominent social phenomenon in the process of the unprecedented urbanization of China. For the urban middle-income group，the factors such as the enhancement of the consciousness of rights and the rule of law，the sense of insecurity，the worries about risks and the growing differentiation between them and vulnerable groups are intertwined and profoundly affect the change of social governance in China，thus resulting in the formation of a kind of relationship with both challenge and cooperation between them and various powers. The rise and involvement of the urban middle-income group makes the governance structure of the Chinese society become more diverse，and accordingly the improvement of capability of social governance.
