Abstract
This paper examines how differences in policies in communities influence educational measures for the children of migrant rural workers (Nongmingong zidi) in relation to the schooling of the migrant rural workers, which is one of the important issues on the rights of migrant rural workers (Nongmingong) that have been considered important by the Chinese Government recently, with particular attention paid to the “communities (Shequ)” established in the basis societies. First of all, I established the premise that “community (Shequ) policies” in urban areas have influence on the provision of “human resources” and “labor force” in the labor market which is important for the
development of urban economy. Then, I identified differences between education policies for the children of migrant rural workers and “community policies” in Beijing City and Tianjin City based on this premise. Next, I conducted interviews and surveys at residents’ committees and schools for the children of migrant rural workers in Beijing City and Tianjin City to analyze the influence that the differences between “community policies” could have on migrant rural workers and their children.
Finally, this paper drew the following four conclusions; I found out that (1) Tianjin City has better education policies for the children of migrant rural workers than those Beijing City have, (2) community policies are effective in promoting co-existence between urban residents and migrant rural workers in urban basis societies, (3) community policies have influence on the development of urban economy, (4) it is effective for “community policies” as a policy to be closely associated with and led by communities.
