Govt denies change to hukou

SHANGHAI: The Pudong New Area District has not relaxed the hukou (permanent residency permit) system as a pilot program for a reform of the household registration system in Shanghai.

The district authorities said yesterday there was no basis to a report in Guangzhou-based Time Weekly, which said people with temporary residency permits in Pudong could get a hukou in Shanghai under a new residency plan.

A Pudong human resources department official told China Daily that the municipal government was working on a new residency plan, but it was expected only at the end of this month.