China.org.cn | September 21, 2024
Hongxing News:
Today's China is a country of people who are on the move. We've noted that the third plenary session of the 20th Party Central Committee outlined plans for promoting integrated urban-rural development. What steps will public security agencies take to support this integration, especially in reforming the household registration system and granting permanent urban residency to eligible rural migrants? Thank you.
Qi Yanjun:
Thank you for your question. I would like to invite Mr. Qiu to answer it.
Qiu Baoli:
I'll answer this question. Household registration system reform is a critical issue attracting significant public attention. The third plenary session of the 20th Party Central Committee proposed implementing systems allowing people to obtain household registration and access basic public services where they permanently reside. We will push to see that eligible rural-to-urban migrants enjoy the same rights as registered local residents regarding social insurance, housing support, and access to compulsory education for their children living with them. We'll also accelerate the process of granting them permanent urban residency and explore establishing a unified national population management system. These efforts will guide further household registration reform. The MPS will work with relevant departments to conduct in-depth research and take effective measures to grant permanent urban residency to eligible rural-to-urban migrants in an orderly manner, promoting integrated urban-rural development.
First, we're committed to introducing policies that benefit people. We have accelerated the implementation of the household registration system at the place of habitual residence. Through the joint efforts of various regions and departments, most cities nationwide have lifted all restrictions on household registration. Next, we'll guide local governments to implement category-based and region-specific policies, adhering to basic conditions of legal and stable employment or residence, including leasing. We'll relax restrictions on household registration in cities with 3 to 5 million permanent residents and improve points-based household registration policies for megacities with more than 5 million permanent urban residents. These measures aim to better facilitate the urbanization of the rural migrant population.
Second, we have committed to offering convenient services to the public and ensuring easy access to commonly used government services. In recent years, public security agencies have made significant progress in advancing the handling of common government services on an interprovincial basis. As of the end of July this year, 2.4 million household certification services were handled interprovincially. Meanwhile, over 1.2 million resident ID cards were issued for first-time applicants interprovincially. More than 42.32 million resident ID cards were replaced and reissued across provinces and 73.62 million across prefectures. Building on the fully implementation of nationwide access to household registration transfer, resident ID cards and temporary resident ID cards, we will guide local governments to actively respond to new public expectations and demands. We will steadily advance the online completion of all procedures for common household administration services, such as reissuing, replacing and obtaining resident ID cards, so that tasks can be done without leaving home.
At the same time, we remain committed to carrying out reforms that benefit the public, actively exploring the establishment of a national unified household registration management system. In recent years, valuable practical experience has been gained in deepening the reform of the household registration system, which has laid a solid foundation for establishing a unified national household registration management system. Next, we will continue to deepen the reform of the household registration system and accelerate the integration of the function of resident ID cards and residence permits. Taking resident ID numbers as the unique identifiers, we will accelerate the interdepartmental connection and sharing of population information resources in accordance with the law and aggregate information on employment and education so as to better promote one-stop government services. We will advance legislation in the field of household registration management so as to provide a legal guarantee for a national unified household registration management system. Thank you.