关键词: 农民工, 流动人口, 定居意愿, 新型城镇化

Abstract: Migrant workers’ intention of settling in cities plays a very important role in the process of promoting the new-type urbanization.This paper examines settlement intention of migrant workers in cities using data from two surveys on migrant workers in 2012 and 2013. Results show that migrant workers are more likely to settle down in big and local cities, especially capital cities of local provinces. Thus the newtype of urbanization with “big city priority” would be an option to which the migrant workers could be responsive and supportive. However, both the numers and development quality of the big cities in China are not adequate. The Chinese government should give priority to develop big cities or metropolitan regions in the process of promoting the new-type urbanization, which not only could attract a large number of floating rural population,but also promote the development of small and medium-sized cities.

Keywords: Migrant Workers, Floating population, Settlement Intention, New-Type Urbanization