Rural‐to‐Urban Migration in China*

Harry X. Wu and Li Zhou

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 1996, vol. 10, issue 2, 54-67

Abstract: One consequence of economic reform in China has been the greatly accelerated migration of labour from rural areas to cities. Estimates suggest an annual migrant labour flow of around 50‐60 million people, of whom 10–15 million have settled permanently in cities. This article surveys the information that has become available from a number of population and labour surveys. It covers the volume, spatial and temporal dimension of rural‐to‐urban migration, the characteristics of migrant labourers, the determinants of migration and the impact of migration on China's rural and urban economy.

Date: 1996
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