“While there is significant variation between regions, within cities and in rural areas, the most significant inequality is between urban and rural areas” (Saich, 2011: 316).Introduction - Inequality in ChinaChina, like any other part of the world, is not immune to the problems of inequality. Even though China has experienced great economic growth over the past two decades, the level of inequality has increased. The hukou system can be seen as a factor that creates inequality among citizens in China. This essay will examine the different types of inequalities that Chinese people face. There are many different types of inequalities in China, such as income, gender, ethnic, education and welfare, however this essay will examine hukou, the income and gender inequality that Chinese people face in their daily lives , as well as looking at what the Chinese people think about rising inequality. The Hukou China's Hukou system, which restricts people to work and live where they are born and officially registered, may be responsible for a range of inequalities faced by Chinese citizens, such as income, employment, education, welfare and health. Hukou appears to contribute to widening these inequalities, as it treats those with rural hukou as second-class citizens. Afridi, Li and Ren find in their 2012 discussion paper that the individual status linked to the Hukou held by the citizen has a significant impact on their social identity. The rural-urban divide observed “in China is created administratively to control the spatial mobility of labor and only strengthened through decades of differential treatment of rural-urban residents” (Afridi, et al, ... half of the paper ... ...) "For China, a New Kind of Feminism" The New York Times [Online] - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/world/asia/for-china-a-new -kind-of-feminism.html?_r=0 [Accessed 15 October 2013] Whyte, MK, (2010) “Do Chinese citizens want the government to do more to promote equality?” In Gries, P.H., and Rosen, S., eds. 2010. Chinese Politics: State, Society and Market. (Routledge, London and New York).Yao, S., Zhang, Z., and Hanmer, L., (2004) 'Growing inequality and poverty in China' China Economic Review 15:145-163.Hairong, Y., (2008) New masters, new servants: migration, development and women workers in China. (Duke University Press; Durham). China's hukou system puts migrant workers at severe economic disadvantage - http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-05-01/chinas-hukou-system-puts-migrant-workers-severe-economic-disadvantage [Accessed on November 5th 2013]