Zhèngfǔ bǎ pénghùqū gǎizào chéng le xīn xiǎoqū, jūmín dōu bānjìn le lóufáng.
The government rebuilt the shantytown as a new housing estate, and the residents all moved into apartment blocks.
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From the late 2000s China ran a huge 棚户区改造 (shantytown redevelopment) programme, shortened to 棚改, which tore down shantytowns and rehoused millions of families in new flats.
