Shaanxi Province to Relocate 2.8 Million People in Impoverished and Disaster Hit Areas
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2011-04-06
The Shaanxi government is planning to relocate 2.79 million people in poor and disaster hit areas over the next decade, in the greatest migration project in China’s history. On July 18th of last year, southern Shaanxi Province suffered severe rainstorms and a landslide that claimed 329 lives. Zhao Yongzheng, the acting governor at the time, decided to relocate locals affected by the disaster.
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