Breaking the urban bottleneck

China needs to solve the problems of migrant workers and provide them every possible help to become permanent members of cities

According to the 2011 data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's urban population has reached 51.27 percent of the total, thus exceeding the rural population for the first time in history.

This is a critical point for China's urbanization. From now on, China needs to promote both the quality as well as the quantity of urbanization. For that purpose, the emphasis should be put on making rural people true urban residents, not simply introducing them to cities.