The regional differences of urbanization in China China Household Finance Survey Huang Yuhong

The basic information of urbanization

The urbanization rate increases further： The resident population of the urban reached 52.43%. Source Non-Rural Hukou Urbanization Rate CHFS(2011) 36.05% 49.73% CHFS(2013) 35.36% 52.43% Ministry of Public Security 35.29%   NBS（2011） 51.27% NBS（2012） 52.57%

Total number of Migrant workers Ratio By Residence By Hukou Population Size Total population Rural 38.4% Urban：within county 15.6% 211 million Urban： outer county 10.5% 142million Non-rural Urban: within county 30.4% Migrant population 5.1%

The number of rural migrants accounts for 26% in 2013, which is 3.1percentage points higher than that of 2011.

The number of rural migrants in the west increased significantly from 8% in 2011 to 20% in 2013.

Distance is a key factor for migration. The proportion of rural migrants(%)

The trends of urbanization

40.1% of the rural hukou population move to the urban, and the majority migrate within the county.

For 51.6% of the population who are left-behind in rural lose labor ability.

Lots of rural young adults has moved to the urban.

Most highly educated population has moved to the urban.

The regional differences of urbanization

People migrate from undeveloped cities to developed ones. Outflow Inflow   First-tier cities Second-tier cities Third-tier Fourth-tier cites 1.9% 1.4% 0.7% 1.3% 14.4% 7.5% 6.8% 7.4% 17.3% 12.6% 13.4% 5.1% 66.4% 78.4% 79.1% 86.3% Summation 100

Rural migrant workers in third-tier and fourth-tier cities have highest proportion, at 51% and 40.8% respectively.

Third-tier and fourth-tier cities are the key to the future development of urbanization.

The future speed of urbanization in potential cities agglomeration is the fastest.

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