Archinect - News 2024-12-23T03:05:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/105940558/china-moves-to-ease-home-registration-rules-in-urbanization-push China Moves to Ease Home-Registration Rules in Urbanization Push Alexander Walter 2014-08-06T13:48:00-04:00 >2014-08-12T21:51:56-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bd/bdfef725df488e8e2ef439eeac9363d1?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Chinese government issued proposals on Wednesday to break down barriers that a nationwide household registration system has long imposed between rural and urban residents and among regions, reinforcing inequality, breeding discontent and hampering economic growth. Yet even as officials promoted easier urbanization [...], they said changes to the system [...] must be gradual and must protect big cities like Beijing.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>