Social Policy and Migration in China

This book explores the impacts of social policy on migration and makes recommendations for migration related policy making in China. Using social policy to mean the government's regulations, stipulations and guidelines in dealing with migration issues directly and indirectly Lida Fan examines migration regulations and household registration, social welfare and insurance, employment, education, housing, medical care and industrial strategies, all of which heavily influenced migration in China both during the planned economic era and during the reform era.