范冰冰性感胸:Hukou proves to be a hurdle in property buying

来源：百度文库 编辑：九乡新闻网 时间：2024/07/14 08:45:33

Hukou proves to be a hurdle in property buying

10:20, February 21, 2011      

Email | Print | Subscribe | Comments | Forum 

Increases the bookmark twitter facebook digg Google Windowslive Delicious buzz friendfeed Linkedin diigo reddit stumbleupon



Only two people sit in a real estate trading center in Nanjing Sunday, as the number of deals have dropped significantly since new rules were announced. Photo: CFP

In another chapter of China's battle against the sky-rocketing prices of real estate nationwide, many Chinesecities are taking up arms by implementing their own policies to limit property buying.

However, these opening salvos were met by harsh criticism by those who view the forced residence registration approach as squeezing out non-locals from the property ladder.

Authorities in about 10 cities, including Shanghai and Guangzhou, will prohibit locally registered citizens who already own two or more homes, or those without a local residence permit, or hukou, who have owned at least one home, from buying more houses, the Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.

Additionally, non-local registered families who cannot produce documents certifying they have paid for social security or income taxes in these cities for one year are banned from buying property.

Nanjing and Harbin joined Chengdu, Qingdao, Changchun, Nanning and Guiyang over the weekend in releasing similar policies.

Beijing issued even tougher policies Wednesday by banning home purchases for those who cannot show social security or income tax payments in the capital for five straight years.

Last December, the same rules were applied in Beijing to determine whether non-locals could apply to own license plates for new cars.

Wang Zhenyu, a deputy director of the Public Decision-making Research Center with China University of Political Science and Law (CUS), told the Global Times that the moves indicate a huge reversal in reform of the hukousystem.

"The new home-purchase policies will only inflate the value of hukouand will breed fraud. There is a possibility for more non-locals to enter bogus marriages with local people and then get divorced to evade policy restrictions," he said.

Wang sent a proposal Friday to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, requesting changes to the new housing and car purchase restrictions.

"The cities impose stricter access to people without localhukou, which is discriminative and against the Constitution that stipulates that all are equal the law," he said.

The household registration system, implemented in 1958, divides people into rural and non-rural households.

Citizens with rural hukouare not entitled to the same social benefits as their urban counterparts, even if they live and work in cities.

People with urban hukouenjoy comparative advantages in terms of job opportunities and social benefits.

Voices in favor of reforming the hukouhave swelled as many believe the system is not compatible with China's rapid urbanization, and that reform will allow migrants to seek better wages and living conditions in cities.


【1】 【2】

Related Reading

  • Researchers work to return pandas to wild

  • Alleged corruption investigated in Poyang

  • Driving manners target of five-year policy

  • Record breaks again as 7.1 m take trains back on Saturday

  • Investment helps drought struggle

  • Charity transparency criticised

Special Coverage
  • Focus On China
  • Shanghai World Expo 2010
Major headlines

  • Record breaks again as 7.1 m take trains back on Saturday

  • Investment helps drought struggle

  • Yuan reform pace remains 'unchanged'

  • Charity transparency criticised

  • New rules to support housing tax

  • Drug misuse prevalent in public

  • Survey: Migrants have it tough

  • China vows to push forward ties with Turkmenistan

  • China key driving force of global growth: Kazakh president

  • Chinese fishermen recover ROK boat in waters off east China, no crew found onboard

Editor's Pick
Hot Forum Dicussion

  • Libyan protesters risk suicide by army

  • University open controversial admission

  • Another harmless G20 meeting

  • Al Qaida releases video on Egypt uprising

  • N.Korea readying 3rd nuclear test?

  • Hungry for rising food prices

  • US has plan to hit WMD in North

Hukou proves to be a hurdle in property buying To Be an Individual Or to Be in a Body? China in no rush to be a Power Google+ dooms to be a failure in China An Investor's Guide to Buying Influence in Ch... How to be Happy in Hong Kong Google descends to be a Political Tool Courtesy to be taught in primary, middle schools China Mars probe to be launched in November Sri Lankan local elections to be held in July... 62 works of Picasso to be exhibited in Taipei... Malaysian women urge wives to be 'whores in b... How to create a file in MS 麻省理工教授箴言：how to be a good graduate student I am going to be a basketball player. Tests for gutter oil prove to be a failure to be or not to be ~ Related ReadingBeijing's winter drought likely to be longest in 60 years Supertall Architectural Projects To Be Built In China – 30 Buildings | Design your way Two Important Sales of Fine Meissen and Sevres to be Offered at Christie's in May Time to reconsider buying of US assets [] Property prices rise in cities surveyed Lessons to be learned A father’s goodbye: “Continue to live well. I cannot be home for a while”