农民工决定中国经济未来

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While the exact methodologies for hukou reform are yet to be announced by Beijing, signs are that many migrants are keen to embrace a settled urban future. Of the 220m who live and work in cities but have no urban hukou, 131m are keen to become permanent urban residents, the survey shows. If this number – roughly equivalent to the population of Japan – do settle permanently in cities, it will not be their sweat so much as their spending power that shapes China’s destiny.
尽管中国政府仍未公布户籍制度改革的细则，但有迹象显示，许多农民工非常乐意在城市里定居下来。前述调查显示，在城市里生活和工作的2.2亿农民工中，有1.31亿人渴望成为城镇永久居民。如果这么多人（大约相当于日本的总人口）真的在城市里定居下来，那么中国的命运在更大程度上将受他们的购买力、而非劳动力影响。