Villagers monitored as suburb steps up security

BEIJING - Residents of 16 villages in Daxing district, Beijing, have to present their ID cards or temporary residence permits to get in and out of the villages, as the district tries to improve security in the suburban areas where a lot of migrant people live.

The district held a conference on Sunday to promote an enclosed village management system.

Boundary walls have been set up, surveillance cameras installed, immigrant workers registered and police regularly patrol the area for the first time in Beijing.