Measures to manage growing population of large cities

Large Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will roll out more measures to manage the growing urban population and address concerns and challenges like traffic, housing, education and healthcare, the State Council said in its latest guidelines on household reform.

China's household registration or hukou system covers a Chinese citizen's legal residence in a city and provides access to various social services and benefits like healthcare and education.

In the past decade, metropolitan areas with more than 10 million residents such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have all experienced annual population growth of about half a million on average, said Huang Ming, vice-minister of public security.