ON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND EVOLUTIVE LAWS OF FLOATING POPULATION IN GUANGZHOU

Floating population plays a vital part in China’s current urbanization and modernization.Studies on floating population have been a hot point for scholars from every discipline.This paper,taking Guangzhou as an example,first,analyzed the characteristics of spatial distribution of floating population in Guangzhou during 1978-2007,found that general spatial distribution of floating population was suburb-orientated,population with higher educational level tended to choose new developmental area as their destination,occupation structure was strongly influenced by industrial transition and regional shifting.What is more,Guangzhou witnessed enclave economy by native places of floating population and foreign enclaves under globalization.Then,three evolutive laws of spatial distribution of floating population were come up with,which included urban development pattern and industrial spatial transferring,registered permanent system and dual labor market system,human and social capital of floating population themselves.