China: growing growing Guiyang - in pictures

A building site on the outskirts of Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province in southern China. Like scores of Chinese cities, Guiyang is expanding rapidly as urbanisation gathers pace Photograph: Tania Branigan for the Guardian

A labourer helps demolish a building to make way for a residential development in Guiyang, Guizhou province, southern China Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

Chinese migrant workers take lunch outside a building site in Guiyang, in Guizhou province. China has ordered local authorities to rein in rapid increases in land prices and pledged to crack down on shady developers Photograph: AFP

Would-be buyers look at models of a residential development during a housing fair in Guiyang, in China's southern Guizhou province Photograph: Qiao Qiming/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Guiyang's second ring road comes to an abrupt end at Tangbaguan. The city has embarked on a huge expansion of infrastructure Photograph: Tania Branigan for the Guardian

Sky-high and closely packed tower blocks in Guiyang, in China's Guizhou province, part of the rapid growth in residential developments in the city Photograph: Alamy

Children play on the roof of a hillside house built by residents in a slum quarter of Guiyang, in southern China's Guizhou province Photograph: AFP

A new bridge project goes up in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China Photograph: Wu Dongjun/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Traffic gridlock grips Guiyang, in Guizhou province. Car ownership levels are outpacing the new infrastructure needed to cope Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

Workers at the Tongmuling public housing project in Huaxi district, Guiyang. The city held a lottery to allocate 10,000 public apartments to eligible low-income families Photograph: Ou Dongqu/Xinhua Press/Corbis

A view of Guiyang from the top of Qianling mountain, on the northern edge of the southern Chinese city Photograph: Ryan Pyle/Corbis