As an important choice for the innovative urbanization in China,the characteristic towns have been growing quickly in numbers since the government carried out promotional policies across the country in 2016.This is reflected in statistics that,as of the end of 2017,more than 2,000 towns were officially recognized as characteristic towns,including the first two batches of 403 towns promulgated by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development,and also towns in vertical fields of other ministries,towns
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