Asian Social Science
Volume 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 171-178
China's migrant workers: How far from Being citizens? (Article) (Open Access)
Zhang S. ,
Luo G.*
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a
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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b
School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
Abstract
Hundreds of millions of farmers have become permanent urban residents. But they do not enjoy the corresponding benefits as citizens. Migration of rural population and labor mobility have become one of the primary elements driving China's economic growth, but migrant workers have to face economic, social, political and cultural challenges and barriers before becoming real citizens. These changes and barriers include unemployment and poverty of landless farmers, labor resource integration, social inclusion and government administration and so on, among which, the reform and improvement of household registration system, land system, labor system and social security system is becoming urgent for the Chinese government. Thus the migrant workers still have a long way to go before obtaining full citizenship.
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DOI: 10.5539/ass.v9n1p171
ISSN: 19112017
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English