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Guangdong to loosen hukou household registration system for millions of migrants

Guangdong is set to relax its rules for household registration, or hukou, to attract labour and support an ambitious plan to build towns in less-developed areas.

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Millions of people who have come to work in the province's factories will be able to take advantage of the reforms. Photo: SCMP
He Huifengin Guangdong

Guangdong is set to relax its rules for household registration, or to attract labour and support an ambitious plan to build towns in less-developed areas.

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The changes should make it easier for migrant workers to reunite with their families and non-local graduates to change jobs.

The move was revealed by deputy provincial police chief Zheng Dong at a recent seminar with government advisers, the reported yesterday.

It is hoped the policy will benefit workers from urban and rural areas within Guangdong, as well as other provinces.

Under the plan, migrants and their spouse, parents and children can apply for local residency in small and medium-sized cities in the province, as long as the migrant has a stable job and accommodation there, the report said.

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The thresholds for bigger, rapidly crowding cities will be higher, however.

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