This case housing registration system, which was implemented in China in the late 1950s and the categories of people into two groups: urban and rural. It was a state that people were born and passed on from one generation to another. This is not only to determine the place of residence and work, as well as social benefits, housing, health and education, which they were entitled. In the period after 1978, with reforms in the rural and urban coastal areas, low-wage streamed into the city. With more than 200 million migrants in the urban areas in 20 years, housing registration system prevented many find the right jobs, housing, health and education. The Chinese government has launched a series of reforms, with varying degrees of success. This case emphasizes the rural-urban differences in the migration to the cities. "Hide
by Markus Schuetz, Carola Ramon-Berjano Source: University of Hong Kong, 18 pages. Publication Date: June 11, 2009. Prod. #: HKU839-PDF-ENG
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