The government is planning a clean-up of the area populated by migrants in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, China Daily reports:
As many as 1 million migrant workers will be asked to leave Chaoyang district in a major urbanization campaign that will half the area’s total population, local government revealed.
…Data from the office said the floating population in rural areas has grown 10 percent annually since 2006.
“The influx of migrant workers has brought problems, such as social security and environmental pollution,” said Ju Zhengyi, director of the office.
Ju said 40 villages would be registered in an urban land reserve system.
The urban land reserve system refers to the action of the local government reclaiming land tenure through various means that include purchasing and land acquisition. It then allows the land to be used in urban construction projects.
