China to Make It Easier for Rural Workers and Students to Get Residency Status in Cities

China plans to make it easier for migrants to apply for household registration in cities by putting renters on an equal footing as homeowners, said the nation’s top economic planning agency.

Authorities should facilitate certain rural migrants in obtaining urban household registration, or a “hukou” (户口), including those who have worked and lived in those areas for more than five years and students who study in cities, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a document (link in Chinese) issued Monday.