On Freedom Of Movement

Freedom of migration has been a newly emphasized kind of freedom since people are liberated from their land. During the long agricultural society, China developed a tradition to carry out state intervention in population distribution. Migration was strictly controlled during planned economy times. But now, freedom of migration is regarded as an important human right. On our way to achieve modernization, Chinese has nearly 200 million rural surplus laborers migrating to towns and cities. Urban social security system is facing tremendous pressure. In response, freedom of migration and political guide ought to be firmly insisted on at the same time. People with the lowest social status should get more living support and migration to towns and cities for existence should be cut down in order to realize high-quality labor migration. More work must be done to avoid excessive urbanization and insist on sustained urbanization strategy.