"The reformed system will not be able to meet the demand as the number of household registrations issued will still be limited. This means there will continue to be opportunities for the unscrupulous."

Zhai Zhenwu, head of the School of Social and Population Studies at Renmin University of China. The State Council last month announced plans to reform the hukou system. Large cities such as Beijing will operate a points system similar to the green card application process in the United States to standardize procedures for granting residence permits to the migrant population.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 08/29/2014 page3)