The Pace of Urbanization of the Migrant Population from Agriculture Should not Be Slowed down
Feng Kui, deputy director of the Central Economic Commission of the China Democratic League and a researcher at the China Center for Urban and Small Town Reform and Development, recently pointed out that the urbanization of the migrant population from agriculture should not be slowed down. Feng Kui pointed out that the epidemic has affected some people's perceptions that urbanization of the migrant population from agriculture should be slowed down, and that large cities have higher risks, greater employment pressure and tight financial resources, and cannot afford the corresponding costs of urbanization of the migrant agricultural population. Feng Kui emphasized that: First of all, the urbanization of migrant population from agriculture must maintain a relatively high scale. It is expected that 400 million to 500 million rural migrant workers will become urban residents by 2035, among them 100 million to 150 million will become urban residents by 2025. This is not only the challenge of China's modernization development, but also the dividend of population quality. The annual increase in investment and consumption directly formed by urbanization is about 20 trillion yuan each year, which is the largest structural potential. If the urbanization of the migrant agricultural population slows down or even stops, the process of urbanization will reverse, and in the long run, the goal of modernization will be delayed. Second, it is necessary to ensure the comprehensiveness and completeness of the citizenship rights obtained by the migrant agricultural population. Right now, after the migrant agricultural population enters the city, the citizenship rights enjoyed by a considerable part of the population are incomplete and of low quality. For example, if some local administrative divisions are adjusted, the peasants are collectively transferred to urban household registration, but they do not fully enjoy the basic urban public services. In some places, many policies have been introduced, but there are also policies behind the policies. The urbanization of the migrant agricultural population has been discounted. For Feng Kui views should affirm, but the urbanization of huge amount of migrant agricultural population is an arduous and systematic project, involving reforms in all aspects of finance and social security. In order to keep the urbanization process from slowing down, the key is how to implement it under the guarantee of policies.