Migration in China

18 Jan 2012

The mainland expects to attain the milestone of having more than half of its population living in cities this year. With urbanisation acknowledged as a crucial driver of economic growth, that...

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Brakes on China's floating population

29 Sep 2011

China's phenomenal growth is an excellent example of globalisation in action. Since Deng Xiaoping 's 'economic reforms and opening up' in the late 1970s, it has grown faster than anyone could have...

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Cities continue to lure rural poor

24 Oct 2007

The creep of urbanisation is continuing, with just 56 per cent of the mainland's population living in rural areas by the end of last year, according to National Bureau of Statistics director Xie...

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Permit system entangled in red tape

6 Mar 2006

Every citizen on the mainland is issued with a residence permit, or hukou, that identifies the carrier as 'rural' or 'urban'.

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Shenzhen suspends applications for residency by relatives

2 Aug 2005

Faced with a surge in applications for residency in Shenzhen from relatives of the city's permanent residents, authorities have closed the door on further applications while they cope with the...

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Beijing police might scrap permit system

28 Jan 2005

After suggestions that the Beijing People's Congress will abolish a 1995 regulation that restricts migrant residents in the capital, the city's police say they might drop a corresponding permit...

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Opinion

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Ultimatum on migrant worker fees

The central Government has issued an ultimatum to provincial authorities to immediately return fees illegally charged to migrant workers or face severe punishment.

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Reform of system was inevitable

The residence registration system, or hukou, is one of the most influential tools of social control in China. Under it, people can legally live and work only where they are registered.

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Fears census flawed as tally falls short

The State Council has issued an emergency circular urging last-minute population counting after initial reports indicated one province may have under-estimated its number of inhabitants by 10...

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World's biggest census begins as assurances of secrecy fail to appease sceptical citizens

The world's biggest census starts today when five million census-takers and one million supervisors spread out in a 10-day effort to discover just how many Chinese there are on the mainland.

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268m unemployed in China by year 2000

THERE will be 268 million unemployed Chinese by the year 2000, according to projections released yesterday by the Ministry of Labour.

The authorities have also announced Draconian...

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China unemployment

THE total size of migrant workers in China is estimated to reach the 200 million mark by the year 2000.

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