Beijing plans $81b shantytown renovation project
By Zheng Jinran and Ou Hailin | China Daily | Updated: 2013-07-30 07:15
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Residents try to keep cool in Xitang, in the Dongcheng district of Beijing, on Sunday. Beijing plans to spend 500 billion yuan ($81.5 billion) to renovate shantytowns like Xitang inside the Fourth Ring Road. The five-year plan includes 527 projects, 83 by the first year. Wang Jing / China Daily |
For Zhang Yingfen, 79, who lives in a small house with her 83-year-old husband and three other family members, plans to renovate shantytowns inside Beijing's Fourth Ring Road seem to promise a great improvement in quality of life.
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