FAMILY AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTION IN CHINA AND BELARUS: COMPARATIVE ASPECT, TRANSFORMATION OF FUNCTIONS
The family as a social institution in China and Belarus is undergoing significant changes associated with new trends in social processes, with current trends in the development of countries in the near future. In particular, transformations are noticeable in the realization of the basic functions of the family, such as the reproductive function, the function of economic development, the socializing and educational function, the function of regulatory behavior, etc. On the basis of sociological and statistical data, scientific articles, monographs, books by Russian, Belarusian, Chinese authors, in a comparative aspect, the analysis of current trends and changes in the functioning of the family as a social institution is presented.