NDRC: Abolish/Relax Restriction on Hukou Registration except Several Megacities

Recently, National Development and Reform Commission issued New Urbanization Implementation Plan during the 14th Five-year Plan Period. The Plan asked to deepen the household registration reform, abolish or relax restriction on hukou registration except several magecities, tried out the policy that frequently dwelling place as the hukou registration place. According to the Plan, restrictions on household registration in cities with less than 3 million permanent resident population would be abolished, ensuring both nonlocal and local rural residents to enjoy the same settlement conditions. The household registration conditions in cities with 3-5 million permanent resident population would be relaxed. Megacities with more than 5 million permanent resident population would enhance their point-based household registration policy, ensuring the leading role of social insurance payment duration and living duration in point accumulation, and encourage to cancel the limitation on annual registration amount.