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Guangdong becomes most populous province
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-01-29 01:40
Guangdong Province, one of the economic powerhouse in China,
has replaced central Henan Province to become the most populous region in
the country, Guangdong Provincial Governor Huang Huahua announced Friday.
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police helps a migrant worker with the luggage on January 25, 2005.
Migrant workers have propelled the provincial population to top place
of China. [newsphoto] | Guangdong's total
population hit 110 million for the first time in its history. The figure
includes 79 million registered permanent residents and 31 million migrants who
have lived in Guangdong for more than six months, Huang said at the on-going
Third Session of the 10th provincial People's Congress.
Elaborating the major reason for the change, Huang said that though Henan and
Sichuan are the most populous regions in China, residents from the two provinces
have come to Guangdong in recent years looking for jobs.
As the Pearl River Delta is now teemed with temporary migratory workers from
elsewhere in China, acknowledged Huang, the provincial government will move some
of them to the eastern and western parts of Guangdong and some mountainous
areas.
Previously, Henan Province was China's most populous region with a registered
permanent population of 94.72 million.
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