Introduction-- Summary of reading materials: The PRC's hukou system, whose formal name is “huji” system, institutionally divides and organizes the Chinese people. Fully appreciating the significance of the hukou system, however, is not easy, even though many, especially those who have lived under the system, can vividly and unceasingly attest to its powerful presence. Because it widely and powerfully influences almost every aspect of Chinese society and lifestyle. In this process, the hukou system tends to generate multifaceted, sometimes even contradictory and conflicting effects on China's politics, economy and social life. In politics, the PRC's hukou system has established stability, authoritarianism, and an elite class. In economics, the hukou system allowed the PRC to bypass the Lewis transition (also known as the Lewis turning point, achieved in 1968 by Lewis, described with the growth of the rural economy, cheap labor after being completely absorbed, their wages will increase significantly. Lewis shown with this theory that industrialization and urbanization are the best means to combat rural poverty) and thus to enjoy rapid economic growth and technological sophistication in a dual economy with the existence of a massive surplus of labor, however, the hukou system has created enormous irrationalities, imbalances and waste in the Chinese economy and obstacles to the further development of the Chinese market. At the same time, the PRC's hukou system has generated uneven regional development and spatial inequalities, such as the gap in per capita income, legal minimum wages, and social security amount. The PRC's hukou system has created a horizontal stratification in social life: Chinese culture, social stratification, social norms and values ​​have all d…… middle of paper…… new resources to finally overcome the wide rural-urban divide which has characterized Chinese society since the 1950s, only a brief overview of some initiatives will be presented. Conclusion Unlike population registration systems in many other countries, the PRC's hukou system was designed not simply to provide population statistics and identify personal status, but also directly to regulate population distribution and serve many other important objectives desired by the state. Indeed, the hukou system is one of the main tools of social control used by the state. Its functions go far beyond simply controlling the mobility of the population. Over the course of nearly fifty years of development, the PRC hukou system has constituted rural-urban inequality in contemporary China, which has had profound influences on Chinese politics, economics and social life...