2016年CRI China Helps Citizens without Household Registration

 

According to the new document, a hukou is a basic right for all citizens since it's linked with social welfare as well as a variety of other rights, thus it should be protected.

The guidelines require the improvement on current household registration¹ policies, including the elimination² of the restrictions³ on citizens' rights to a hukou.

Huang Shuangquan, vice⁴ head of the security administration bureau of China's Ministry⁵ of Public Security, says the document clarified two bottom lines which cannot be negotiated.

"For local authorities or specific government departments, they should immediately start to revise relevant policies on household registration, with those obstructing⁶ citizens access to a hukou abolished. This is our first bottom line. The second one is that the legal rights for citizens to register for a hukou should always be protected and never be harmed under any circumstances."

Unregistered citizens in China, also known as the "black" population, include those born illegally under the one-child policy.

Local authorities may have refused to register children born in breach⁷ of the family planning policy, or parents of such children may have not registered them out of fear of punishment.

The "black" population also includes people without a birth certificate, children born out of wedlock⁸, orphans⁹ adopted outside the official system, and people pronounced missing or dead.

Huang noted¹⁰ that they will open "green channels" so as to improve the efficiency of their work.

"We will assign specific police staff who are familiar with household registration systems to handle citizens' applications. If an applicant¹¹ brings complete reference files and meets all the demands, the police will handle his or her applications right on the spot. Otherwise, the applicant will be immediately informed with the materials he or she still lacks."

The Public Security authorities will later launch an investigation¹² into each specific situation regarding whether the local citizens are legally registered or not.

Meantime, one of the new documents' highlights is that it also rules out helping¹³ those children under a "de facto adoption¹⁴", meaning they are adopted without required registration but already live as foster-children of their adopters.

Without a hukou, these kids encounter a series of obstacles while applying medical or educational welfare.

Gan Weiwei from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs says the new document could be quite beneficial to those children.

"I think the release of this new guideline could effectively solve those children's problems brought by a lack of legal household registration, for them it's good news. The Ministry of Civil Affairs will further cooperate with other relevant departments to solve their issues."

According to the National Population Census¹⁵ in 2010, there are 13 million unregistered people in China, accounting¹⁶ for 1 percent of its population.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

2 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

3 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 obstructing   

阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止

参考例句：

• You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。
• He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。

7 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

8 wedlock   

n.婚姻，已婚状态

参考例句：

• My wife likes our wedlock.我妻子喜欢我们的婚姻生活。
• The Fawleys were not made for wedlock.范立家的人就跟结婚没有缘。

9 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

10 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

11 applicant   

n.申请人，求职者，请求者

参考例句：

• He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
• In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。

12 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

13 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

14 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

15 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

16 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。