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Beijing

Affordable housing target for 2015 met

China has surpassed the annual target set for its affordable housing program in 2015, data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development showed on Tuesday. The construction of 7.47 million affordable homes had already begun by the end of October, exceeding the 7.4 million units planned for the whole year. As of the end of October, construction of 6.88 million homes was "nearly completed", according to the ministry.