Point-Based System Launched for Beijing Permanent Residency
Posted April 12, 2018
External Article: The Strait Times
Fei-Ling Wang, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, was interviewed in the Straits Times Press, April 12, article “Point-Based System Launched for Beijing Permanent Residency.” The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Excerpt:
Professor Wang Fei-Ling, from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Sam Nunn School of Interna-tional Affairs, noted that the latest changes were part of a trend of us-ing hukou to attract talent to cities.
Beijing first declared its intention to roll out a point-based system in 2015. Similar systems have been launched in the past few years in such cities as Shanghai and Shen-zhen.
“Low-skilled and low-wage workers from outside have never had much chance to obtain a Beijing hukou, even though they may have been an indispensable part of the Beijing economy for a long time,” said Prof Wang.
Find the full article in The Straits Times website.