Inside China's 'Ghost Cities': Photographer Captures Country's Massive Urban Developments . . . Without an Inhabitant in Sight

Yujiapu Financial District near Tianjin, northeastern China

Taken near Ordos, Inner Mongolia, Kai Caemmerer documented the construction project of Ordos 100.

Yujiapu Financial District near Tianjin, China

Several high-rise apartment complex sit waiting for occupants, which is part of a large scale urbanization project across the country.

LCD screens light up one of China's most famous ghost cities: the Kangbashi District of Ordos, Inner Mongolia.

The Kangbashi District of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, remains empty, despite having been built five years ago and being able to accommodate up to one million people.

The mist settles on the Yujiapu Financial District near Tianjin, a city that has been built to near-completion.

These developments are in stark contrast to Western developments, which begin small and grow in accordance to the local industries.

Although Westerners may call developments like Meixi Lake a "ghost town," Kai insists that such a moniker "fails to recognize that they are built on an urban model, timeline, and scale that is unprecedented."

At the Meixi Lake development near the city of Changsha, Hunan Province, a sculpture frames the high-rise development behind it.

Tang Renjian's appointment comes as the urbanization in the country rapidly transforms agricultural land into industrial and residential areas.

A development project near Changsha

The Meixi Lake development near the city of Changsha

Chicago-based photographer, Kai Caemmerer, documented these so-called ghost cities after travelling to China to explore them in 2015. His series, entitled "Unborn Cities," depicts this unique urban development phenomenon.

During his trip, he photographed three locations: the Kangbashi District of Ordos, the Yujiapu Financial District near Tianjin, and the Meixi Lake development near the city of Changsha.

For more of Kai's work, visit www.kaimichael.com.

Credit: Daily Mail UK