Residential communities struggle to provide services

BEIJING - Shi Aijun, director of the residential committee at Yulinxili community in Beijing, often pays door-to-door visits to people living in her community to see what she can do to help them cope with hardships in their daily lives.

As the community continues to become larger, her work has grown increasingly demanding - especially since more migrant workers have been moving there.

To date, Shi's community contains 2,370 households and is home to 6,500 permanent residents and a floating population of about 3,000 people hailing from outside the capital city.