Population pressures in Beijing are likely to worsen in the next 20 years, according to a report released on July 18, 2011.
According to the Annual Report on Analysis of Beijing Society-Building published by the Social Sciences Academic Press, population growth will be the biggest worry for Beijing during its 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015).
Think tanks are calling the government to take stricter steps to control the capital's fast-growing population. Since 2000, Beijing's population has increased by 700,000 a year on average, putting strains on the city's economic, social and environmental resources.
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