Boost for Muslims' religious facilities

Increasing migrant population brings need for more mosques

BEIJING - Authorities are addressing a lack of religious facilities for millions of Muslims who have moved to coastal cities, a senior official at the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) said.

Along with other migrant workers, a large number of Muslims have migrated to cities from inland regions since 1978, Ma Jin, deputy director of the Islamic Department of the SARA, told China Daily.