河南推户籍制度改革

 　　Provincial¹ authorities in Henan are taking steps to try to unify² the household registration³ system.

　　The changes to the Hukou system will make no distinction between rural and urban registrations⁴.

　　This means both farmers and people living in the cities will enjoy the same access to jobs, education and health care.

　　Henan, with a population of roughly 106-million, is still made up primarily of farmers, with 56 percent of the provincial population holding a rural Hukou.

　　河南推户籍制度改革

　　Liu Wei with Henan's Provincial Public Security Bureau says the changes won't be automatic.

　　"People who have legal dwellings⁵, including rented homes, can apply for a small city hukou. If they want a Hukou for medium-sized cities with a population of 500,000 to one million, they have to pay a social insurance for at least one year. If they want to apply for household registration in big cities with a population of over one million, they have to pay social insurance for at least two years."

　　The Chinese household registration system was first set up at the beginning of the so-called Great Leap Forward in 1958 to keep the Chinese population from shifting around.

　　Half-a-century later, the Chinese government has begun exploring ways of changing the system to make it more equitable⁶, as people with urban Hukou's enjoy more benefits than those with a rural registration.

　　So far, 15 provinces, autonomous⁷ regions and municipalities have announced plans to cancel the rural Hukou registration.

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

3 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

4 registrations   

n.登记( registration的名词复数 )；登记项目；登记（或注册、挂号）人数；（管风琴）音栓配合（法）

参考例句：

• In addition to the check-in procedures, the room clerks are customarily responsible for recording advance registrations. 除了办理住宿手续外，客房登记员按惯例还负责预约登记。 来自辞典例句
• Be the Elekta expert for products registrations in China. 成为在中国注册产品的医科达公司专家。 来自互联网

5 dwellings   

n.住处，处所( dwelling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices. 新建楼区将由66栋住房和一些办公用房组成。
• The hovels which passed for dwellings are being pulled down. 过去用作住室的陋屋正在被拆除。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 equitable   

adj.公平的；公正的

参考例句：

• This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
• Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。

7 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。