The reform of the housing registration, or hukou system, has been under way in most regions in China following the State Council's call to establish a unified household registration system for urban ...

A murky trade thrives as quotas tightened, reports He Na in Beijing. Beijing's efforts to strictly curb population growth have boosted the black market trade in hukou, permanent residency permits.

The term "hukou reform" has more or less become a catchphrase in the Chinese media and among China's policymakers. Premier Wen Jiabao has said the government will steadily advance the reform of the ...

Chinese economists are urging the government to reform hukou — an archaic residency registration system set up decades ago under Mao to stop the mass migration of rural Chinese into cities. Several ...

Shanghai has launched a new points-based residency permit system, in an effort to speed up the reformation of hukou (household registration) system, which is being pushed by the central government.

Nearly all the mayors interviewed by a multi-agency research team suggested their cities cannot afford to reform the household registration, or hukou system, which if implemented would provide ...

Shanghai has become the first mainland city to enforce a ban on its registered citizens from holding permanent residency in other countries – for example the US green card. The new rule was announced ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that the hukou system is based on the person’s birthplace. It is based on the birthplace of the person’s parents. China is preparing to overhaul its ...

Hukou is a household registration system in China. A hukou includes the holder’s basic personal information: name, gender, birth date, and permanent residence address. What makes the hukou system ...

A man looks at signs showing the personal profiles of people looking for spouses during a matchmaking event for middle-aged singles and seniors, sponsored by Shanghai's government, in Shanghai. | ...