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People are focusing too much on how much the reform of the household registration system would cost. Our research showed that if the government introduces effective measures, the reform would stimulate the labor market and significantly improve productivity, generating annual earnings of more than 1 trillion yuan ($163 billion), which can completely offset the cost of the reform."

Du Yang, a population researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, talking about the household registration system in a Beijing News report on Tuesday.