There are many different systems in each country around the world, some of which were created to benefit the economy as a whole while some others were created to benefit some specific classes or individuals. Hukou system in China or household registration system in the country was created to prevent exodus from the rural areas to the urban areas just for the sake of better living standard, and job opportunities. The system was created in 1958 after the victory of Chairman Mao revolution since China decided to follow the Stalinist growth strategy. It focused on rapid development in the manufacturing industry, and conversion of agricultural surplus to feed the labor (Chan, 2010).
Some might question whether or not the system has an impact …show more content…
Without being able to register their children to good schools, they would have lower chance of getting into college in the future. The later generation, then, happens to be in the same situation, which concludes to the whole family generation for centuries employing in the agricultural production in the country earning wages that is only suitable to live on the minimum standard of living. Thus, this created a trap that those poor people cannot easily get out of. As we can see from the data below that the China have not done a very good job of providing education to everyone in the country, especially the young …show more content…
However, as it clearly shows that only a small amount of people in China completed upper secondary school; the young people whose age are between 25 to 34 years old have total of 38% completion, and the number keeps decreasing as the cohorts getting older (Gagnon, 2016). Moreover, the number is way lower when it is divided between urban and rural education level as 37% of urban residents completed upper secondary school while the number is only 8% in the rural area (Gagnon, 2016). This means that the government has not accomplished enough in the educational sector. Additionally, the repressed finance in China also contributes to the problem since the students are not generally allowed to get student loan to further their education. The exploitation of poor people might affect China economy in the long run when the exhaustion of the labor market occurs adding with the low consumption and a very robust investment in the country. Recently, the rising number of forces against the central government is intriguing as the more educated generation of people, who have better knowledge of how to local and global economy process, are trying to fight back so that they and their children will not get exploited in the future. Nevertheless, since it is very hard to migrate out of China, especially if the income is medium or low, it seems that
Some might question whether or not the system has an impact …show more content…
Without being able to register their children to good schools, they would have lower chance of getting into college in the future. The later generation, then, happens to be in the same situation, which concludes to the whole family generation for centuries employing in the agricultural production in the country earning wages that is only suitable to live on the minimum standard of living. Thus, this created a trap that those poor people cannot easily get out of. As we can see from the data below that the China have not done a very good job of providing education to everyone in the country, especially the young …show more content…
However, as it clearly shows that only a small amount of people in China completed upper secondary school; the young people whose age are between 25 to 34 years old have total of 38% completion, and the number keeps decreasing as the cohorts getting older (Gagnon, 2016). Moreover, the number is way lower when it is divided between urban and rural education level as 37% of urban residents completed upper secondary school while the number is only 8% in the rural area (Gagnon, 2016). This means that the government has not accomplished enough in the educational sector. Additionally, the repressed finance in China also contributes to the problem since the students are not generally allowed to get student loan to further their education. The exploitation of poor people might affect China economy in the long run when the exhaustion of the labor market occurs adding with the low consumption and a very robust investment in the country. Recently, the rising number of forces against the central government is intriguing as the more educated generation of people, who have better knowledge of how to local and global economy process, are trying to fight back so that they and their children will not get exploited in the future. Nevertheless, since it is very hard to migrate out of China, especially if the income is medium or low, it seems that