Ordos is a small city with about 1 million people in North China (Inner Mongolia). Thanks to the government’s stimulus program, the local government is equipped to throw cash in building impressive theaters and condominiums in a new site, which is aboout 30 Km away from the old town. Ironically, with the new city being completed, there are no citizens moving there due to too high living cost. Therefore the new city ends up with a town of almost nobody. The new city is still waiting, for one day, the people either with money or need will move to this brand new city.

鄂尔多斯是内蒙古的一个中型城市,人口约100万。最近当地政府大兴土木,在旧城附近造了一个新城。新城造的相当漂亮,有大马路,高档住宅,成批绿化等等。可是奇怪的现象时那里竟然没有人住。以上视频试图揭示其中的奥秘。

share save 171 16 Empty City being built for GDP (21世纪的空城计)