China Pledges More Support for Rural Migrants to Lift Demand
- Government’s plan lays out measures to speed up urbanization
- Expanding city population seen lifting consumption, investment
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China vowed to deliver better public services for workers who moved to cities from the countryside, an effort that would boost the economy by removing an obstacle to urbanization.
Local authorities should provide public services to rural migrants and families settling in cities instead of only those who have an urban hukou, or household registration, according to a five-year plan on urbanization issued by the State Council — China’s cabinet — on Wednesday.