我国户籍制度改革与城市化进程

考察了我国户籍制度的发展、演变对城市化进程的影响 ,指出户籍制度最近才启动实质性改革 ,核心是小城镇户改。但现有改革不能对城市化产生预期的推动 ,仅是在户籍制度方面对其它领域某些改革的确认。但是户籍制度的建立直至改革 ,始终隐含着尊重经济发展规律的线索 ;并且总的看来 ,城市化本身也正是经济发展的空间表现。而另一方面 ,当前人们寄望于户籍制度改革从而“推动”城市化的 ,恰恰是对整个经济有所促动。这个“悖论”提示着 ,思考户籍制度改革乃至于思考“推动”城市化 ,要将目光投射到比经济发展更基本的因素中。

On household registration system reform and urbanization process in China

As one of the main policies affecting urbanization, the development of Chinese Household Registration System (HRS) is investigated in this paper. It is argued that essential reform of HRS has not begun until recently. The core measure of current reform is to loose the criteria to register as a resident in a town, which is anticipated to promote urbanization. Nevertheless, this measure is not likely to make sense and in fact it just re-confirms in some other fields. Then it is speculated why people can hope to reform HRS and therefore “push” urbanization, because in essence, urbanization is the spatial outcome following the socioeconomic development. The paper argues that what people really anticipate are some benefits associated with dynamic demographic flow. Thus it is concluded that more energetic means should be adopted in HRS.