Hukou reform

China aims to dismantle the hukou system and integrate rural migrants into urban economies, but challenges of infrastructure, resources, and social resistance loom large.

Initial reactions miss the point of the communique. It is not designed to deliver instant solutions but to outline a comprehensive strategy.

China’s hukou system is getting worse, not better.

An interview with Bradley M. Gardner about China's rural-to-urban migration.

An Interview with Fei-ling Wang

China's urbanization policies have a particularly telling impact on Tibet.

China is speeding up hukou reform, but that won’t be enough to solve the migrant worker problem.

The children hungry for a passport to China’s big cities.

For unregistered Chinese citizens living outside the system, becoming part of the system is still easier said than done.

China wants to grant hukous to 100 million migrants by 2020, but will be slow and selective in its reform.

Top Chinese leadership demanded an initiative to grant hukous to China's unofficial citizens.

China's economic growth is slowing, but Beijing has a plan to keep people from feeling the pinch.

"China’s society has become sick and needs treatment."

Ankit Panda and Shannon Tiezzi discuss the social, political, and economic outcomes of China's fifth plenum.

Beijing is seeking to encourage a "new type" of urbanization.

If the hukou system reform is to be meaningful, it will have to be delinked from welfare benefits.

A new survey underscores the relative deprivation of China's rural population.

Consumer spending is growing, but some obstacles need to be cleared if that is to continue.

Why Beijing won't abolish the hukou system overnight.

It is not at all clear that more democracy would lead to higher growth.

Bringing people to the cities will not be enough. Rural rights also need reform.

The government plans to increase the rate of urbanization. Will it be sustainable?

Beijing will need to balance much-needed economic reforms with continued job creation.