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With bigger houses, wider roads, and more green
areas, Beijing citizens are enjoying a better lifestyle than five
years ago. The Beijing Morning Post carries an article reviewing
the achievements made in Beijing' s civil construction during this
period.
Road building has been the focus of Beijing's
municipal construction. Urban roads have seen an increase of 440
kilometers since 1995, to a total of 38,00 kilometers. With the
improvement in transportation, more and more urban dwellers are
willing to buy houses in the suburbs.
Beijinger's housing area per capita reached
15 square meters in 1999, 1.6 square meters more than that in 1996.
With larger houses, citizen's demands for a
better environment have also increased. About 6,500 hectares of
public green land was built in Beijing last year and the city has
the country's largest sewage treatment plant.
(China Daily 10/26/2000)
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