Different contexts,common concerns:migration,social development and social protection in China and the US

This special issue of China Population and Development Studies includes a set of articles that consider the relationship between migration,social protection and social rights in China and the United States.They are the result of a multi-year col-laboration between the Institute of Population and Labour Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Social Science Research Council which sought to provide social scientists from China and the United States with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of each other’s societies through the exploration of a policy issue of common concern.