China’s urbanization 2020: a new blueprint and direction

Prof Chan recently published a preliminary evolution of China's new national urbanisation plan. China released its first national urbanization plan in March 2014. The plan outlines a bold move to grant urban hukou (household registration) to 100 million people, mostly migrants, in the next six years. If successfully implemented, the plan will help China to achieve genuine urbanization and alleviate some major social and economic problems. It has also brought forth a new vision of urbanization..