Hukou system must change, says Xi
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CHINA’S small cities and towns should abolish restrictions on obtaining household registration, or hukou, documents for rural residents, President Xi Jinping said yesterday.
Meanwhile, authorities in medium-sized cities should gradually loosen their grip on residence permits, reasonable limits set for settling in big cities, and the population of megacities strictly controlled, he said.
Rural residents need help to become urban citizens in an orderly manner and basic urban public services must be available to all permanent urban residents, the president said.
“Accelerating reform of the household registration system is an important part of urbanization and involves hundreds of millions of rural migrants,” Xi said.
The rigid hukou system prevents many migrants accessing public services in cities, and is a major hindrance to the urbanization process.
Warning against its complex nature, Xi said reform of the system must be carried out in a steady and orderly manner, taking the situations of different areas into consideration, adding that farmers’ rights must be protected during the reform.
Xi was speaking at a meeting of top Chinese leaders charged with deepening reforms.
The meeting, chaired by Xi, also approved a framework for pilot programs of judicial reform, a work program on judicial reform in Shanghai, and a plan to set up special intellectual property rights courts.
Xi called for “active and steady” fiscal reform. Rather than overcoming temporary difficulties, long-term, systematic reconstruction of fiscal mechanisms is required.
The main objectives are ensuring a clear division of power, reform of the tax system and stabilizing the tax burden, transparent budgeting, and improved efficiency.
The reform will speed up construction of a modern fiscal system to help transform the economic development pattern, build a fair and unified market, and promote equal access to basic public services.
The meeting approved plans for dedicated IPR courts to deal with the burden of litigation associated with increased innovation.
No further details were disclosed by the meeting, which only said the establishment of courts is part of basic judicial reform.
Xi said reform will cover judicial personnel and their job security, greater accountability, and streamlining management of human, financial and material resources in courts and prosecutors offices below provincial level.
Pilot judicial reform programs will proceed within the central leadership’s “top-level design” and under its guidance, with local authorities encouraged to explore concrete measures and evaluate their past reform experiences.
The central government must support local authorities as they address challenges that arise during pilot programs, Xi said.
He also ordered Party committees and local governments to take the lead on judicial reform, specify pilot programs, work in a timely manner and enhance institutional innovation so their successes can be replicated in other parts of China.
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