Shanghai may further relax hukou system

BEIJING - A senior expert at an official think tank in Shanghai has indicated further relaxation in the city's household registration, or hukou system, in the near future.

Wang Zhan, director of the Policy Research Office of the municipal Party committee, said he believes the current requirements for obtaining hukou in Shanghai are only "temporary".

He said in the end there would be only three basic criteria - applicants should have a stable job in the city, be taxpayers for three to five years and have no criminal record.