Beijing city authorities rejects calls for allow roadside stalls to return, saying they are ‘unsuitable’ for Chinese capital

The Beijing authorities have snubbed a call by Premier Li Keqiang to bring back roadside stalls saying they are “not suitable” for the capital.Li personally endorsed the plan to revive the “vendor economy” at the annual legislative meeting last month, saying they were “important sources of employment” that would help get the economy back on track.But an editorial published in Beijing Daily, the mouthpiece of the municipal authorities, said: “Beijing should not and cannot develop economies that…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3087932/beijing-city-authorities-rejects-calls-allow-roadside-stalls