Fee canceled to improve relations with new settlers

GUANGZHOU - Authorities in this southern city plan to cancel an administrative fee that had been collected from migrant residents for the purpose of providing them with security, according to local media.

Since 2004, migrants who have secured temporary permits to live in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, have been asked to pay 2.5 yuan (40 cents) a month to the city.

The fee was collected to pay for measures meant to keep both local and migrant residents safe, according to a notice posted by the Guangzhou price bureau in late 2003.