Builders race against time to finish work

Thousands of builders on 44 sites in Fangshan district, Beijing, have been working round-the-clock over the past 10 days, racing against time to make sure residents who need temporary homes can have better places to live as soon as possible.

Duo Yuehua, 58, a group leader of one of hundreds of construction teams on the Yancun township site, witnessed 560 houses being finished in 10 days.

"It was the toughest task in my 38 years of working," he said.