In Beijing, Expansion, Rising Property Prices Lead To Longer Commutes

About 5 percent of the capital's residents live in districts far from the city center because of the high cost of housing, as Du Juan reports.

As a result of China's urbanization process, people have rushed into first-tier cities, causing commuting times to soar in the country's main urban areas.

Beijing ranks top among first-tier cities in terms of long-distance commutes, according to a report released in February by Penguin Intelligence, the official data platform of tech behemoth Tencent.