Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently released a series of stipulations on hukou reform. Main points include
- urban districts with under 3 million permanent residents should not implement a points-based hukou system
- large cities should not require more than five years of social security contributions in exchange for hukou, and medium-sized cities should not require more than three years
- except for megacities, all cities should eliminate hukou restrictions for college graduates, technical workers, vocational school graduates and overseas returnees
- hukou policies should encourage the settling of migrant students, retired military personnel, newly urbanised rural residents, new-generation migrant workers and their family members