Staff workers conduct registration for citizens at a property registration center in Pudong of Shanghai, east China, Oct. 8, 2016. China aims to have unified property registration in all cities and counties by the end of this year. As of August, half of the country had adopted the new system, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources. Under the new system, property registration should be handled by one single department to reduce costs and inconvenience for citizens. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
