Residents make way for largest ever radio telescope

Guizhou province is expected to evacuate more than 9,000 people for the completion of the world's largest radio telescope.

Resetting residents within five kilometers of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, will create a sound electromagnetic wave environment for its operation, said Li Yuecheng, a senior official from the provincial political advisory body.

The Guizhou provincial government is expected to resettle 9,110 residents in Pingtang and Luodian counties by the end of September, he said.