Shanty areas replaced by new buildings in Urumqi - People's Daily Online July 06, 2011
An aged woman of Uygur ethnic group does housework at home in a new community in Heijia Mountain area in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 13, 2011. Local government made great efforts to promote infrastructure reconstruction of the city in recent years. Most of the shanties in Yamalik Mountain area and Heijia Mountain area, two large shanty towns in Urumqi, have been replaced by new apartment buildings. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
A resident named Wei Ying does housework at home in a new community in Heijia Mountain area in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 5, 2011. Local government made great efforts to promote infrastructure reconstruction of the city in recent years. Most of the shanties in Yamalik Mountain area and Heijia Mountain area, two large shanty towns in Urumqi, have been replaced by new apartment buildings. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
People take exercise in a new community in Heijia Mountain area in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 5, 2011. Local government made great efforts to promote infrastructure reconstruction of the city in recent years. Most of the shanties in Yamalik Mountain area and Heijia Mountain area, two large shanty towns in Urumqi, have been replaced by new apartment buildings. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
A man riding on a motorcycle passes former site of the shanty town in Yamalik Mountain area in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2011. Local government made great efforts to promote infrastructure reconstruction of the city in recent years. Most of the shanties in Yamalik Mountain area and Heijia Mountain area, two large shanty towns in Urumqi, have been replaced by new apartment buildings. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
A child is seen at the shanty town reconstruction site in Heijia Mountain area in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 5, 2011. Local government made great efforts to promote infrastructure reconstruction of the city in recent years. Most of the shanties in Yamalik Mountain area and Heijia Mountain area, two large shanty towns in Urumqi, have been replaced by new apartment buildings. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
An aged woman of Uygur ethnic group does housework at home in a new community in Heijia Mountain area in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 13, 2011. Local government made great efforts to promote infrastructure reconstruction of the city in recent years. Most of the shanties in Yamalik Mountain area and Heijia Mountain area, two large shanty towns in Urumqi, have been replaced by new apartment buildings. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)