Residents holding their hukou (housing registration) certificates push to buy economically affordable housing in Lanzhou, capital of west China¡¯s Gansu province September 20, 2006. The houses are built to ease the difficulties of low-and-medium income residents amid skyrocketing housing prices in the province. The houses are priced at an average of 1000 yuan (US$125) to 1500 yuan (US$185) per square meter, approximately 1000 yuan less than commercial houses. [Newsphoto]

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