Title:	Internal Migration in China - Opportuntity or Trap
Other Titles:	Binnenmigration in China - Chance oder Falle
Authors:	Gransow, Bettina
Abstract:	In China, there are currently about 221 million internal migrants. Their number is equal to the entirety of international migration. Most of China’s internal migrants migrate from the countryside to the cities (rural-to-urban-migration). The policy brief provides an overview of central aspects of this rural-urban migration. It discusses inter alia the various functions of the household registration system (hukou-system) which is the institutional foundation of rural-urban migration in China, patterns of migration, and working and living conditions of rural migrant workers in the cities. The central question is whether and to what extent internal migration offers an opportunity for the poorer rural population in China.
Citations:	Focus Migration, Policy Brief 19, Internal Migration in China - Opportunity or Trap?, eds.: Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies / Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS) and German Agency for Civic Education / Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), editorial staff: Vera Hanewinkel and Jochen Oltmer, Osnabrück, 2012
URL:	https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-2013081611285
Subject Keywords:	China; Internal migration; Migrant workers; hukou system; China; Binnenmigration; Wanderarbeiter; hukou-System
Issue Date:	16-Aug-2013
License name:	Namensnennung-NichtKommerziell-KeineBearbeitung 3.0 Unported
License url:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Type of publication:	Einzelbeitrag in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift [article]
Appears in Collections:	IMIS Policy Briefs

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