Institutional Change at the National Level

The hukou system was central to the functioning of the dual economy of the Mao years. But even before the establishment of the centralised command economy hukou played a crucial role in imperial and republican systems of governance. It is therefore unsurprising to find that as China’s economy moves away from an overreliance on planning, the state continues to promote a role for itself shaping the growth of the market-oriented economy. Hukou are considered key to the process of intervention that shapes the social and economic decisions of more than a billion Chinese citizens. This chapter argues hukou regulations have been guided by three fundamental state objectives over the reform era: promote economic development; maintain social stability; and, manage, restrict and direct migration and urbanisation. These interrelated objectives provide continuity from which to better understand the wide variety of reforms proposed and implemented by state actors in the post-Mao era. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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