The system prevents young workers from migrating to urban areas to relieve labor shortages, but officials fear that abolishing it could release a flood of humanity that would swamp the cities.
这个制度限制了年轻工人移居到城市地区去弥补劳动力不足，但官员们害怕放开限制后人潮将把城市淹没。
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Each morning, people stand in long queues waiting for the library to open. When the time comes, young people rush into the sea of books like a flood.