Second Generation Peasant Workers and Their Citizenization

On the basis of “China Path” of two-stage transformation in rural-urban labor mobility, the issue of peasant workers' citizenization is put forward. The second generation peasant workers are a special mobility group, which is not only remarkably different from that of the first generation peasant workers both in socioeconomic and personal characteristics, but also eager to be citizenized. This article firstly poses the proposition of peasant workers' citizenization and its implications, and then probes into the features and process of the second generation peasant workers' citizenization, and analyses the challenges that will be faced with in the progress of the second generation peasant workers' citizenization. Relevant suggestions for smooth progress of the second generation peasant workers' citizenization are raised in the last part.