Lecture Readings Key Points on Hukou System
Lecture 5 Reading 1
Is China Abolishing the Hukou System ? by Kam Wing Chan and Will Buckingham
1. Objectives of the Hukou System
concentrate resources to the industrial regions
2. Major Amendment
Only three types of hukou system instead of four
Local government have more control over
Cancelled the urban food grain certificate : resources less tied to hukou
Power transfer from the central government to the local government before the refom, the central government sets a quota for local governments for internal migration now local governments have the power to set the quota
What kind of people are eligible for the hukou transfer : investors or new buyers of property of urban areas children whose parents have local hukou couples recruited as current employees of local enterprise promoted to administrative positions joined the army and got demobilized to cities
3. Factors leading to the Hukou Reform
International Pressure
Labour costs
4. Effects of the Hukou Reform
Lecture 6 Reading 2
Sustainable Urban Development in China
A Literature Review on Issues, Policies, Practices, and Effects by Rui Wang (Assistant Professor School of Public Affairs UCLA)
Introduction
Statistics:
Economy:
3rd largest economy
2nd largest energy consumer
Largest automobile producer and market
Carbon emission
Largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world
Urbanization
Only about 200 million people lived in Chinese cities in 1980. Urbanization rate increased from less than 20% in 1980 to 45% in 2008. In the past decade more than ten million new urban dwellers were added annually. The UN World Urbanization Prospects (2007 Revision) projects close to a 900 million urban population by 2030.
Energy consumption
Since 1993 China has been a net importer of oil. It continues to be the world’s largest consumer of coal, a resource that accounts for about 70 percent of China’s primary energy supply.
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Is China Abolishing the Hukou System ? by Kam Wing Chan and Will Buckingham
1. Objectives of the Hukou System
concentrate resources to the industrial regions
2. Major Amendment
Only three types of hukou system instead of four
Local government have more control over
Cancelled the urban food grain certificate : resources less tied to hukou
Power transfer from the central government to the local government before the refom, the central government sets a quota for local governments for internal migration now local governments have the power to set the quota
What kind of people are eligible for the hukou transfer : investors or new buyers of property of urban areas children whose parents have local hukou couples recruited as current employees of local enterprise promoted to administrative positions joined the army and got demobilized to cities
3. Factors leading to the Hukou Reform
International Pressure
Labour costs
4. Effects of the Hukou Reform
Lecture 6 Reading 2
Sustainable Urban Development in China
A Literature Review on Issues, Policies, Practices, and Effects by Rui Wang (Assistant Professor School of Public Affairs UCLA)
Introduction
Statistics:
Economy:
3rd largest economy
2nd largest energy consumer
Largest automobile producer and market
Carbon emission
Largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world
Urbanization
Only about 200 million people lived in Chinese cities in 1980. Urbanization rate increased from less than 20% in 1980 to 45% in 2008. In the past decade more than ten million new urban dwellers were added annually. The UN World Urbanization Prospects (2007 Revision) projects close to a 900 million urban population by 2030.
Energy consumption
Since 1993 China has been a net importer of oil. It continues to be the world’s largest consumer of coal, a resource that accounts for about 70 percent of China’s primary energy supply.
Chinese per