Introduction

Rural-urban migration in China is a growing phenomenon. China's rapid economic development in the last two decades has widened the gap between rural and urban economies and resulted in increasing numbers of rural people migrating to urban areas for better work and educational opportunities. China's fast pace of urbanisation has pushed many rural villagers to the cities as they have to give up their lands for public infrastructure projects. Further pushing this migration trend is the Chinese government's withdrawal of compulsory migrant registration to allow people to move freely into cities. However,  without the registration and support system, many migrants, especially children and women, have fallen prey to exploitative working conditions and human trafficking.

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