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The system itself is more properly called "huji" (Chinese: 户籍; lit. 'household origin'), and has origins in ancient China; hukou is the registration of an individual in the system (kou literally means "mouth", which originates from the practise of regarding family members as "mouths to feed", similar to the phrase "per head" in English). A ...
Household registration (Chinese: 戶籍; pinyin: hùjí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-che̍k) is a Taiwanese civil and family registration system. The modern household registration system was started in early 20th century when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. Currently the system is administered by the Ministry of the Interior.
A national without household registration (NWOHR) is a person with Republic of China nationality who does not have household registration in Taiwan.Nationals with this status may be subject to immigration controls when entering the Taiwan Area, do not have automatic residence rights there, cannot vote in Taiwanese elections, and are exempt from conscription.
Internal migration in the People's Republic of China is one of the most extensive in the world according to the International Labour Organization. [1] This is because migrants in China are commonly members of a floating population, which refers primarily to migrants in China without local household registration status through the Chinese Hukou system. [2]
Hukou is a household registration system that regulates internal migration within mainland China. [68] Citizens are assigned a hukou classification (rural or urban) at birth based on their family's registration.
The key idea of the urban-rural household registration system (hukou system) is to separate urban and rural residents and thus provide the basis for resource allocation. For urban residents, the hukou system declares stronger control over the definition and distribution of public resources, including residents' rights to receive food, clothing ...
Bianhu (Chinese: 編戶齊民; pinyin: biān hù qí mín) was a system of household registration introduced following the Qin unification in 221 BC. The system transformed individual households into a category labelled the "common people listed in the household register". [1] [2] [3]
The enforcement of the household registration system classified Chinese citizens into the agricultural and non-agricultural population. The system made all migration from the countryside to the city require approval. [ 82 ]