摘要
AFTER almost 60 years of China being divided into a rural and urban population courtesy of a dual household registration system, the State Council unveiled new guidelines on July 30 to reform the system, known as hukou, which stipulates that urban and rural residents will no longer be registered separately ＂One objective of this round of household registration reform is to help around 100 million migrant workers and other rural residents to settle in towns and cities by 2020, allowing them to enjoy public services on par with city resi- dents.＂ said Huang Ming. Vice Minister of Public Security. at the press conference announcing the guidelines.
AFTER almost 60 years of China being divided into a rural and urban population courtesy of a dual household registration system, the State Council unveiled new guidelines on July 30 to reform the system, known as hukou, which stipulates that urban and rural residents will no longer be registered separately ＂One objective of this round of household registration reform is to help around 100 million migrant workers and other rural residents to settle in towns and cities by 2020, allowing them to enjoy public services on par with city resi- dents.＂ said Huang Ming. Vice Minister of Public Security. at the press conference announcing the guidelines.
