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Behind prosperity: village in the city (16)

(People's Daily Online)    14:06, September 25, 2013
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Nobody could tell how many people exactly live in the urban village. This year, Chen Gang, vice mayor of Beijing said Beijing plans to spend more than 500 billion yuan on shantytowns transformation. In the next five years, near 700,000 people will benefit from the project. (Chinanews.com/ Jin Shuo)

Beijing drifters, a term used to describe hundreds of thousands of young people who are drawn to live in the capital, a city they believe to have more economic and cultural opportunities.

Although they are always laughing at themselves as "drifters" as many don't have a fixed place to live in and often move around Beijing's suburbs where the rents are less expensive, they keep perusing their happiness and love in the city.

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(Editor:GaoYinan、Wang Jinxue)

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