Story highlights China says it will give unregistered citizens long denied rights

Some 13 million undocumented citizens expected to be affected

Li Xue was one of these undocumented, born in violation of the one-child policy

(CNN) China says it will provide 13 million unregistered citizens, most born in violation of China's one-child policy, with crucial documents giving them access to long-denied healthcare and schooling.

Chinese state media reported that Xi Jinping announced the move at a meeting on Wednesday.

In October, China said it would end its controversial population policy , which restricted most couples to just one child and barred any extra from being registered unless they paid a steep fine.

People without the documentation, known in Chinese as hukou or household registration, often find themselves marginalized in society.

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Hukou provides access to a state education and healthcare in your hometown and without one, it's very difficult for "black children," as they are called in Chinese media, to open a bank account, get married or find formal employment.

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