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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs China aktuell Watson, Andrew (2009), Social Security for China’s Migrant Workers – Providing for Old Age, in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 38, 4, 85-115. ISSN: 1868-4874 (online), ISSN: 1868-1026 (print) The online version of this and the other articles can be found at: www.CurrentChineseA Published by GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of Asian Studies in cooperation with the National Institute of Chinese Studies, White Rose East Asia Centre at the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield and Hamburg University Press. The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs is an Open Access publication. It may be read, copied and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To subscribe to the print edition: ias@giga-hamburg.de For an e-mail alert please register at: www.CurrentChineseA The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs is part of the GIGA Journal Family which includes: Africa Spectrum • Journal of Current Chinese Affairs • Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs • Journal of Politics in Latin America • Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 4/2009: 85-115 Social Security for China’s Migrant Workers – Providing for Old Age Andrew Watson Abstract: The concept of “migrant workers” derives from the house- hold registration system of China’s planned economy period. The con- tinued existence of that system conflicts with the development of an integrated labour market. The current social security system, based on household registration and a large number of local pools, discriminates against migrant workers because of their mobility and the lack of mecha- nisms to transfer benefits between pools. As a result, migra