China: Cities and Household Registration

china: The government is scrapping restrictions in large cities with populations between one and three million, and relaxing such restrictions in cities with between three and five million people in 2019, according to a circular issued by the National Development and Reform Commission on Monday, according to Global Times China. The move is part of a comprehensive drive to promote China's new-type urbanization, which, among other goals, calls for helping 100 million people who currently live in cities but lack an urban household registration. Photo CFP China is relaxing restrictions on hukou or household registration, in second-tier and third-tier cities to help 100 million migrant workers obtain it. China has 88 cities with a population of over one million, according to a media report that cited public data in 2016. The household registration is a crucial document entitling residents to purchasing real estate, registering vehicle, access to medical care, and public education. Seventy-five cities have a population of between one and five million. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.