近年来,中国农民的流动和迁移现象(俗称“民工潮”)倍受国内外人士的关注。一是由于其规模庞大,动辄以千百万计;二是因为我国过去一向被认为是第三世界中不受人口过度城市化困扰的唯一的大国。人口流迁包括地域间迁移,也包括产业、职业或社会地位流迁。大规模的农民流迁是全世界工业化过程都会出现的现象,因为工业化必然伴随非农化和城市化。在产业革命以前,所有国家无例外地都是以农业人口 In recent years, the phenomenon of the flow and migration of Chinese peasants (commonly known as “migrant workers tide”) has drawn much attention from people both at home and abroad. First, because of its size and its frequent presence in millions; second, because our country was once considered the only major power in the Third World that is not plagued by overpopulation in the population. Migration, including inter-regional migration, but also including the transfer of industry, occupation or social status. Large-scale peasant migration is a phenomenon that will occur in the industrialization process all over the world because industrialization inevitably accompanies non-agriculturalization and urbanization. Before the Industrial Revolution, all countries, without exception, were agricultural populations