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State Council calls for decoupling public services from hukou

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Authorities are inching forward on hukou reform. The latest: On May 22, the State Council issued guidelines to decouple access to basic public services from household registration (hukou). ICYDK: Everybody in China has a hukou, which is usually tied to one's place of birth.

For a long time, local g...