As China’s once soaring growth rates continue to decline, calls for reforms that would make it easier for people to move to cities and possibly boost the economy have grown louder. This month, one of the country’s richest provinces has heeded those calls — at least in part.
On July 22, Zhejiang’s local government officially lifted ‘hukou’ housing registration requirements for at least the next five years, granting millions of rural residents the right to move freely to
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