Finally, Beijing saw temporary labor export to cities as one way to enhance the modernization and work skills of the interior provinces while at the same time providing a rotating pool of cheap labor for industrialization. For village society, “the impact of migration is broadly positive” because it helps rural people “achieve their goals.” There was more money for education, housing, marriage, and business creation.21 In these respects, the yawning economic gap between coastal and interior provinces was gradually to be bridged.
