Migrants fewer in Shanghai

Government's five-year plan would cap city's overall population at 25 million by 2020

Shanghai's permanent migrant population shrank for the first time in 15 years in 2015, according to recently released data.

According to figures released by the Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau, the permanent migrant population - migrants who stay in the city for more than half the year - dropped by 1.5 percent for the first time last year to 9.82 million.