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>You're allowed to physically go anywhere and visit as a tourist. It's just that if you want to to permanently move to another city, you have to do a bunch of b
by xor1 9y ago
>You're allowed to physically go anywhere and visit as a tourist. It's just that if you want to to permanently move to another city, you have to do a bunch of bureaucratic paperwork.
what about moving from a rural town to to a major city permanently? or even just being able to legally work in a major city as someone who isnt able to get the proper clearance?
if im misunderstanding, please educate me
- azurezyq 9y agoIt's legal to live and work there and tens of millions of people are doing that. The restrictions are on some interesting aspects, like real estates purchases, college entrance exam for children, social security stuffs. Hukou is evil, just not the kind of evil you are thinking about.
- kurthr 9y agoWith some=lots of paperwork, yes you can move. However, except for marrying or (sometimes) after graduation from college, you are not allowed to change your Hukou. Many (most?) of the people living and working in the 'supercites' of Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chongqing, and Beijing do not have Hukou residency. Even being born there does not confer the right, if your parents do not have residency. Lack of Hukou prevents purchase of real-estate, and high-school education for children, but for the last 2 years it has been possible to get state healthcare. This leads to much higher costs of living which prevents the poor from moving to the cities en masse.