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Passengers line up and wait for a security check during morning rush hour at Tiantongyuan North Station in Beijing May 27, 2017. [Photo/Agencies] Beijing plans to control the size of its population and to have no more than 23 million people by 2020, said a national legislator and senior Beijing official on Friday. 全国人大代表、北京市常务副市长李士祥本周五透露，北京市将控制人口规模，到2020年，北京市人口将控制在2300万。 Beijing municipal deputy mayor Li Shixiang, also a deputy to the nation's top legislature, revealed the figure during a group discussion at the ongoing "two sessions". It is the first time that the Chinese capital put forward a new target after its population grew much faster than expected. 李士祥在参加两会北京代表团分组讨论时透露了这一数字。这是在北京市人口规模增速超出预期后，首次提出的控制人口新目标。 In 2005, the State Council, or China's cabinet, set the goal of having a total of 18 million people for Beijing in 2020. 2005年，国务院制定的目标为2020年将北京市人口规模控制在1800万人。 Currently, the city's population has surged to 21.54 million and the city will allow a small rise to no more than 21.8 million by the end of the year. 目前，北京市人口规模已上升至2154万，北京市今年的控制目标为2180万。 | 
