ABSTRACT
In the Central region, most inter-regional migrants to the cities and towns came from the East, but they did so to a decreasing extent over the three successive subperiods: dropping from 92 per cent in the first to 80 per cent in the second and 71 per cent in the third. Most inter-regional migrants to the Northwest were from the Central and Eastern regions. Whether rural or urban, the general direction of inter-regional migration during the period from 1953 to the end of the Cultural Revolution was from east to west. The high tide of inter-regional migration into both the Central and Northwest regions was in the first subperiod. In the Southwest, the high tide of inter-regional migration was in the second subperiod, which coincided with the government’s program of emphasizing “rear base” construction and encouraging migration into this region. The Survey collected no information on the in-migrants’ levels of education at the time of their migration.
