China shows off its migration schemes
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YONGNING — On a dry plain in China’s remote northern Ningxia region, thousands of neatly aligned, identical brick houses have sprung up from the dusty soil.
This is the Yongning Green Migration Scheme, where 3,000 two-room houses are being built to accommodate 17,800 villagers from the poorer, mountainous south of the region.
Bu Xing’ai, director of external affairs for Ningxia, said authorities planned to move 350,000 people within the autonomous region over the next five years as he showed off the project to journalists on a recent visit.
China’s breakneck economic growth has been accompanied by huge population movements, as exemplified by Ningxia, where new towns have been quickly built, sometimes at the heart of semi-arid zones..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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