More than 40% of Hong Kong people surveyed disagree that hard work can change their fate, and 70% agree with the theory of family origin

Whether the social ladder is fluid or not may reflect the performance of governance capacity.

Youth New World interviewed 1,135 Hong Kong residents over the age of 18 in July this year to find out their views on the current opportunities for upward mobility in Hong Kong society.

Among them, more than 40% of the respondents disagreed with the statement that "as long as you work hard, you can completely change your life and your family's life".

Another nearly 70% of the respondents agreed that "being born in a wealthy family determines the future development of children".

Youth New World interviewed 1,135 Hong Kong residents over the age of 18 by telephone random sampling from July 11 to 24 this year.

(Provided by Youth New World)

Youth New World interviewed 1,135 Hong Kong residents over the age of 18 by telephone random sampling from July 11 to 24 this year.

According to the survey, 45.3% of the respondents said that they disagreed with the current Hong Kong society "as long as you work hard, you can completely change your life and your family's life", and 17.6% of them strongly disagree.

44% of the respondents said they strongly agree and agree.

In addition, according to the cross-analysis of birthplace, 56.1% of the respondents born in the Mainland agreed with the relevant teaching, which was higher than that of the respondents born in Hong Kong, which was only 38.5%.

In his important speech on July 1, President Xi Jinping pointed out that "Hong Kong's biggest people's heart is to hope for a better life" and hope that the SAR government "create more opportunities for (Hong Kong youth) to grow and become talents."

The results of the Youth New World Index show that the SAR government still needs to be more "pragmatic and promising", adjust its economic development goals, and "effectively resolve people's livelihood difficulties" to convince Hong Kong citizens that hard work can change their own and their family's living conditions.

In addition, regarding the "determinism of family origin", the survey found that as many as 69.3% of the respondents agreed that "being born in a wealthy family determines the future development of children", of which 32.1% of the respondents said they "very agree".

In addition, only 25.9% of the respondents said they did not agree with the statement. The result shows that Hong Kong society generally agrees with "family origin determinism" and class rigidity.

69.3% of the respondents said they agreed that "being born in a wealthy family determines the future development of children", of which 32.1% said they "very agree".

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The survey also found that 50.7% of the respondents did not agree that "economic development can benefit all citizens", 21.5% of them strongly disagreed, and only 41.1% of the respondents agreed with the statement.

The results show that Hong Kong citizens may be dissatisfied with the distribution mechanism and the disparity between the rich and the poor brought about by the current economic development.

In addition, in terms of attitude towards changes in quality of life between the present and five years from now, 62.1% of the respondents believe that the current quality of life is similar to that of five years ago, 32.8% of the respondents said that the quality of life will be worse in five years, and only 15.7% of the respondents believe that the quality of life will be worse. believe that the quality of life will improve.

As for how to obtain more opportunities for upward mobility, 63.7% of the respondents agreed that continuous education should be pursued, 59.7% of the respondents agreed that a university degree or above should be obtained, and only 42.5% of the respondents agreed that upward mobility can be achieved through entrepreneurship.

The results reflect the negative perceptions of Hong Kong citizens on the overall entrepreneurial environment, innovation and entrepreneurship.

59.7% of the respondents agreed that a college degree or above should be obtained to obtain more opportunities for upward mobility.

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Youth New World said that most of the respondents believe that continuous education can provide opportunities for upward mobility, and suggested that the continuous education fund should take more initiative in helping I&T talents to improve their skills, including adding additional adaptations to existing funding Hong Kong's innovation and technology development goals of "Specific Industry Continuing Education Subsidy" include data science, business intelligence and artificial intelligence that are closer to the needs of the labor market in the innovation and technology industry, cultivate professional qualifications that meet market needs, and promote the upward mobility of young people.

In addition, it is suggested that the government should establish paid training holidays to encourage employees to participate in training related to professional qualifications.

Youth New World said that most of the respondents believe that continuous education can provide opportunities for upward mobility, and suggested that the continuous education fund should take more initiative in helping I&T talents improve their skills.

(Provided by Youth New World)

In addition, in response to the fact that most citizens agree that Hong Kong's current economic development cannot benefit all citizens, Youth New World suggested that the government should rethink the relationship between the government and the market under the new situation, adjust the government's functions in economic distribution, and "show more courage, More effective measures will overcome difficulties," allowing citizens to feel the benefits of economic development.

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