Guangdong to relax household registration system

Guangdong province plans to loosen rules for the hukou household registration system, South China Morning Post reported, citing comments made by the deputy provincial police chief published in local media. Under the plan, migrants and their families, as well as non-local university graduates, can apply for local residency in small and medium-sized cities in the province, as long as the applicant has a stable job and accommodation there. The thresholds for bigger, rapidly crowding cities will be higher, however, and most migrants will still not be allowed to settle in Guangzhou or Shenzhen.