Life after shantytown clearance

By Lu Wei Updated: 2017-02-08

Life after shantytown clearance

Senior residents attend choir rehearsal at Beiyi Community Service Center, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Jan 25, 2017. [Photo/people.cn]

Life after shantytown clearance

Children play in the service center at Beiyi Community Service Center, a community set up for former residents of shantytown areas in Beiliang, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Jan 25, 2017. [Photo/people.cn]

Life after shantytown clearance

Bai Yuting, a senior resident of Beiyi Community, holds up a painting in the shape of the Chinese character fu (happiness and luck), Jan 25, 2017. The picture used to decorate the walls of his house which was part of the Beiliang shantytown. He drew the picture to preserve his memory of this. Once the largest shanty town in China, Beiliang started its successful renovation in 2013.[Photo/people.cn]

Life after shantytown clearance

Residents paste the Chinese character fu on the wall of their new home in Beiyi Community, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Jan 25, 2017. Beiyi Community is one of the new communities built for former residents of shantytown areas of Beiliang, Baotou. The community consists of five residential areas, covering an area of 0.77 square kilometers. A total of 4,788 families have moved to the community. [Photo/people.cn]

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