Breaking news from 2019
Get rid of the household registration restrictions in cities - still working on it.
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Yesterday (August 28, 2024), a Ministry of Public Security official told a press conference organized by the State Council Information Office.
Next, we will guide local authorities, while ensuring adherence to the basic requirements of legal and stable employment or legal and stable residence (including rentals), upon differentiated policies and tailor measures to local conditions, to fully implement the policy of removing household registration restrictions in cities with an urban resident population of less than 3 million, fully relax household registration requirements in cities with an urban resident population between 3 million and 5 million, and improve the point-based household registration system in super large cities with an urban resident population exceeding 5 million…
In December 2019, the “Opinions of the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the System and Mechanism Reform for Social Mobility of Labor Force and Talented People” said
Fully remove household registration restrictions in cities with an urban resident population of less than 3 million. Fully relax household registration requirements in large cities with an urban resident population between 3 million and 5 million. Improve the point-based household registration system in super large cities with an urban resident population exceeding 5 million, streamline the points criteria, and ensure that the scores for years of social insurance contributions and years of residence account for the majority of the total points.
Caixin’s headline on December 26, 2019, was
China to Remove Residency Restrictions in Some Smaller Cities
China has decided to scrap residency restrictions in some smaller cities to encourage urbanization and social mobility, in a move that analysts said will bolster parts of the housing market.
According to a policy guidelines issued Wednesday by the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the State Council, all restrictions on household registration will be removed in cities with an urban residential population of less than 3 million. Meanwhile, residency limits will be relaxed in larger cities with populations between 3 million and 5 million.
For megacities with more than 5 million residents, household registration policies will be streamlined and public services systems will be improved to ensure equal access to all residents, the guidelines said.