The urban-rural dual structure based household registration system in China is becoming increasingly obstructive in social and economic development.The current household registration system particularly acts as a major institutional barrier to migration in the context of accelerating urbanization in China.Taking lead in China,Zhongshan city carried out floating population accumulated points management,introducing a set of quantified standards through integral accumulated points for the floating population to enjoy the city’s basic public services and obtain the local household registration.This policy is a new and practical exploration deconstructing the household registration system.Drawing on data of the accumulated points management and interviews with applicants,this paper examines characteristics and effects of the policy,identifies problems and discusses implications for further improving equality of the basic public services.

Domestic and foreign scholars have recently discussed the marginalization among young migrant workers in cities mostly from the perspective of institutional constraints.This paper,by adopting both quantitative and qualitative methods,analyzes city adaptation among young migrant workers.It is found that individual factors have an important effect on adaptation.Such finding suggests that in order for young migrants to avoid being marginalized,they should get rid of the psychological stereotype of members of "socially vulnerable group," to improve their human capital accumulation and to actively involve in the city life.