Besides Yanqi town, Beijing has seven towns of this type, with dozens in the pipeline.

MOHURD plans to help create about 1,000 monotowns nationwide by 2020, covering tourism, logistics, modern manufacturing, education technology and traditional culture.

The boom in such towns has raised concerns that there might be risks, including real estate bubbles and local government debt.

"The pillar of monotowns should be industry, but 90 percent of the towns lack specific industries," said Hu Xiaoying, a manager with CRIC Group's property development branch.

To regulate the development of these towns, guidelines were issued jointly by MOHURD, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Land and Resources as well as the Ministry of Environmental Protection Tuesday.

The guidelines said that monotowns should stick to industrial development, and control property development rigidly. Enterprises rather than governments should play a key role in the development of monotowns.

They state that local governments should introduce policies to solicit private capital, while avoiding exacerbating government debt burden

Government departments will launch regular evaluations on the monotowns.

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