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  2. Migration in China - Wikipedia

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    From 1949 to 1985, the net migration rate for China was 0.24, compared with world average of 1.84 from 1950 to 1990. [46] Since the mid-1980s, rural to urban migration became a constant social phenomenon. Zhao and Sicular report that the number of rural-urban migration doubled between the late 1980s and the mid-1990s.

  3. Urbanization in China - Wikipedia

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    Urbanization causes a considerable share of rural population migration to urban areas in China. Indirectly, it also causes westward migration from the west to the east. This phenomenon could seriously impact China's greenhouse gas emissions because of China's population size as well as a substantial divide between rural and urban areas in the west.

  4. Urban society in China - Wikipedia

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    Legal status as an urban dweller in China is prized. As a result of various state policies and practices, contemporary Chinese urban society has a distinctive character, and life in Chinese cities differs in many ways from that in cities in otherwise comparable developing societies.

  5. Hukou - Wikipedia

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    It hence stimulated the state to implement another policy, "A Notice on Strictly Controlling Excessive Growth of 'Urbanization,'" in 1989 for regulating rural-to-urban migration. [44] Under this policy, rural migrants were monitored again. 1992–2013 can be identified as the second hukou reform period. [44]

  6. China's Shenzhen to tighten residency rules to curb ... - AOL

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    China's tech hub of Shenzhen aims to make it harder for people from out-of-town to settle in a rare tightening of residency rules, as its population balloons and resources and services come under ...

  7. Left-behind children in China - Wikipedia

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    The unequal development become one of the main driving force of rural-to-urban migration, such migration works hand-in-hand with urbanization progress. [7] With China's increasing urbanization, more than half of the population lives in urban areas according to the census data collected in 2015. [14]

  8. Social issues in China - Wikipedia

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    Social issues in China are wide-ranging, and are a combined result of Chinese economic reforms set in place in the late 1970s, the nation's political and cultural history, and an immense population. Due to the significant number of social problems that have existed throughout the country, China's government has faced difficulty in trying to ...

  9. Urban planning in China - Wikipedia

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    Urban Planning in China is currently characterized by a top-down approach, high density urban development and extensive urbanization. China's urban planning philosophies and practices have undergone multiple transitions due to governance and economic structure changes throughout the nation's extensive history.