Street chiefs leading the way to a more beautiful capital city

Up to 20,000 Beijing's street chiefs will be on duty by the end of September as part of an effort to improve the management of the city, municipal authorities said.

The capital recruited nearly 20,000 hutong chiefs, who were previously the leaders of subdistrict and township governments, according to the city's management commission.

The street chiefs will also join in a related training process to improve the city's minor streets and hutong in the capital's central areas.