In Beijing in 1995, people who bought a house were given a household registration. People in Beijing began to buy houses and settle in them in 1995. Beijing's small town house purchase policy was launched in 1995 and expanded to 33 small towns and 14 satellite cities in Beijing in 1997. Foreigners invest 500,000 in cash in designated small towns, then buy a house with more than two bedrooms in a designated community and pay a construction fund. , can register a family of up to 4 households.