Sichuan: Deepen the reform of the household registration system and accelerate the integrated development of Chengde, Meizi and Zi.

View News: On February 15, the General Office of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government issued a notice on the issuance of the "Sichuan Provincial Medium and Long-term Plan for Population Development". By 2030, Sichuan's total fertility rate will strive to reach about 1.6 , the permanent population will reach about 84.7 million, and the urbanization rate of the permanent population will reach about 66%.

According to Guan Guan New Media, at the end of 2020, Sichuan’s permanent population was 83.675 million, ranking fifth in the country, an increase of 3.257 million from 2010; the registered population was 90.8123 million. The urbanization rate of the permanent population reached 56.73% in 2020, an increase of 16.55 percentage points from 2010, and the urbanization process is accelerating.

The plan proposes that differentiated preferential policies for renting and purchasing houses will be implemented based on the burden of raising minor children; state-owned enterprises and other entities are encouraged to actively participate in the construction of inclusive childcare service systems promoted by governments at all levels to support Industrial (industrial) parks use their own land or facilities to build, renovate and expand childcare service facilities, etc.

Deepen the reform of the household registration system, pilot a household registration system based on the place of habitual residence, guide the population to settle down in an orderly manner, and explore the implementation of cumulative mutual recognition of household registration admission years in qualified areas. Increase the quantity and value of urban residence certificates issued, and promote the equal enjoyment of urban basic public services for the permanent residents who have not yet settled down and those who have registered permanent residence. We will improve the schooling and kindergarten policy for migrant children and promote barrier-free transfers between urban and rural residents’ pension insurance and the urban social security system.

Promote the agricultural migrant population to enjoy the same basic housing security services as urban residents, support large cities with net population inflows and cities determined by the provincial government to raise affordable rental housing through multiple channels, and steadily develop *** Property housing. Promote the deep integration of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas, vigorously develop professional parks and small and micro entrepreneurial bases, actively develop leisure agriculture, sightseeing agriculture and rural tourism, and actively expand employment channels.

Guide the population to gather appropriately. Follow the regular characteristics of population flow and agglomeration, and guide the orderly transfer and moderate agglomeration of the population to metropolitan areas, regional central cities and counties. Reasonably regulate the population size of Chengdu's central urban area, improve the points settlement and conditional settlement policies in the central urban area, promote the adjustment of population stock through industrial upgrading, and regulate the population increase through functional dispersion.

Improve the supporting functions of Chengdu’s suburban new towns, improve public service levels, create a livable environment, and guide the population to reasonably distribute to small suburban cities, counties, and key towns.

Accelerate the urban integration development of Chengdu, Meishan and Ziyang, promote Deyang, Meishan and Ziyang to effectively undertake the functional decentralization, industrial transfer and high-quality public service resource radiation of Chengdu, and enhance the population absorption capacity of the urban area. Improve the development level and functional quality of regional central cities and important node cities, cultivate and develop large cities with a permanent population of more than 1 million and medium-sized cities with a population of more than 500,000, and increase population agglomeration.

The plan also proposes to deepen the reform of public elderly care institutions and encourage the introduction of contracted operations, entrusted operations, and joint operations of enterprises or social service institutions. Guide social forces to focus on building inclusive elderly care institutions, and appropriately build elderly care institutions for middle- and high-income families.