Reformed migration control and new targeted people: China's Hukou system in the 2000s

Title: Reformed migration control and new targeted people: China's Hukou system in the 2000s
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: March 2004
Published In: China Quarterly
Description: This article outlines the latest reforms of China's hukou system in 1997-2002 and reports the system's functional changes and continuities. Today's hukou system still performs two leading functions: the widely discussed internal migration control with reformed mechanisms and the previously scarcely examined socio-political management of the targeted people (zhongdian renkou). An adapted and adjusted hukou system is expected to continue as a key component of China's institutional framework, playing a crucial role to determine socio-political stability, facilitate a rapid but uneven economic growth, and shape socio-economic stratification and spatial inequality in the PRC. © The China Quarterly, 2004.
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Citation: China Quarterly. Issue 177. 115 - 132. ISSN 0305-7410.
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