'Red wall' opens doors in Beijing

From adding elevators to old apartment buildings to making more parking lots for local residents and from setting up vegetable markets to clearing the sheds that blocked streets, local government officials in Beijing's Xicheng district have taken on the task of solving problems confronting residents in their daily lives.

As a group of people living and working closest to the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, government officials and residents in central Beijing's Xicheng district are always aware of their "special duties".

Since the headquarters of China's central leadership Zhongnanhai is in the district, people who live and work around the compound have developed loyalty to the Party, a sense of responsibility and a faith to serve the public good.