Abstract:

After the financial crisis in 2008，migrant workers’entrepreneurship in cities has been given close attention to
by the government and relevant departments. Seen from the view of sociology，migrant workers’entrepreneurship in cities
is how they define their situation and respond to that. The study reveals that“working economy”constitutes the constraints
on rural migrant workers’entrepreneurship；competition is the market condition which is difficult for migrant entrepreneurs to
overcome，and farmer rationality is the code of conduct of rural migrant workers’entrepreneurship in cities. So migrant workers
need to define the situation in the process of set up their business in cities and act accordingly. Due to the obstacles of national
policy，especially the household registration system，rural migrant workers are faced with many difficulties. Therefore，the
government must endeavor to improve the policy environment and to create a favorable atmosphere for migrant workers to start
their business in cities.

Key words: migrant workers, venture in cities, social governance, the route to entrepreneurship, situation for starting business