Urbanization going astray
China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-15 08:09
According to the latest official data, the number of new urban zones constructed and planned by local governments exceeded 3,500 by the end of May. That is almost two for each county.
But these new urban zones overly rely on real estate developments, which, having failed to attract any residents, have become "ghost towns".
Thus local governments find themselves increasingly tormented by the question: How do we populate the new zones?
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