Long Term Character of Rural Labor Migration to Urban Secondary and Tertiary Industries in China
It is an important way to deal with the issue of "three agriculture" in China that rural labors migrate to urban secondary and tertiary industries. This article analyzes the long term character of this phenomenon from the aspects of population, economy and system. From the perspective of population, the population of rural labors is very large, the labor participation rate is high, and the education level of labors involved in economic activities is low. These three factors cause it very diffi cult to transfer them to urban industries. From the part of economy, the elasticity of employment decreases, and at the same time, the employment structures and industry structures do not match very well in the tertiary industry. Theses economy elements account for the long term character of rural labor migration. From the angle of system, the household registration system which separates rural and urban areas raises the cost of transferring and suspends the urbanization of rural populations.