Housing Bureau: Renamed to Housing and Urban Renewal Bureau! China Enters the Era of Large-Scale Urban Renewal

• Renovation of underground pipeline networks;

• Comprehensive construction of drainage and sewage systems in flood-prone areas;

• Supplementing deficiencies in municipal basic facilities;

• Renovation of old residential areas.

• Underground pipeline network renovation.Upgrading urban gas, heating, water supply, and power underground pipelines based on local conditions to promote urban development.Integrated underground utility tunnelsconstruction, improving overall urban underground pipeline standards.

• Comprehensive construction of drainage and sewage systems in flood-prone areas.Retrofitting sewage treatment networks according to the 'factory-network integration' model to enhance collection and treatment efficiency.

• Supplementing deficiencies in municipal basic facilities.Upgrading waste classification, comprehensive bins, and material flow facilities to address weak links in municipal infrastructure; enhancing green space service functions and promoting the construction of community parks and open green spaces.

• Renovation of old residential areas.Implementing energy-saving and carbon-reduction upgrades in historical cultural streets, existing public buildings, and shared spaces, continuously improving building functionality and life quality. Implementing comprehensive functional improvement projects, promoting elderly-friendly and child-friendly renovations, and accelerating the construction of barrier-free public facilities.

Currently, China has transitioned from large-scale expansion to a phase of quality improvement, structural adjustment, and critical urban renewal.

According toaccording to relevant statistical data indicating, China’s urban renewal market space is vast and growing, with current total urban renewal value estimated at around 5 trillion yuan. Calculated at an annual renewal rate of 2%, approximately 100 billion yuan worth of projects are released each year.

In recent years, cities like Shanghai, Tianjin, Xi’an, Guangzhou, and Wuxi have already established renewal funds exceeding hundreds of billions of yuan. China currently has over 660 cities and will soon create a market space in the tens of trillions of yuan for urban renewal.

For construction enterprises, this represents a massive opportunity—a new blue ocean.

Focusing on elevator installation, water supply, heating, gas, sewage treatment, environmental sanitation, urban life lines, and energy-saving renovations as key areas;, promoting classified renovation of buildings and municipal infrastructure equipment, aiming to expand demand, improve livelihoods, ensure safety, protect urban infrastructure safety, greenness, and intelligent operation, and advance high-quality urban development.

One of the key tasks iscomprehensive implementation of urban life line projects in cities at or above the prefecture level,promoting the installation and upgrade of intelligent monitoring devices for underground pipelines, bridges, tunnels, and reservoirs,,equipping them with smart sensing devices and integrated monitoring networks to achieve proactive prevention of urban safety risks from reactive responses,, promoting deep integration of modern information technology with urban life line projects.New urban infrastructure smart sensing equipment and main equipment.

Since January 2024, local governments have held meetings to plan work, setting the groundwork for 2024. The government work report also proposed 2024 economic targets and major development tasks.

A majority of provinces and municipalitieswill implement urban renewal initiatives and accelerate the construction of the 'Three Major Projects' as key tasks for the year.,And proposed specific construction goals for 2024, including rural village renovation, affordable housing construction, and urban renewal..Now let’s take a look together!

Shenzhen's Urban Renewal Initiative. Actively exploring new models and pathways through social capital participation, promoting integrated development of above-ground, surface, and underground spaces.Comprehensive renovation of 300 old districts, completing 200;, upgrading 1,000 old buildings with elevators, completing 600; promoting full relocation and retirement of residents in core zones, completing 2,000 applications;Initiating renovation of 200,000 square meters of dilapidated housing, upgrading 40 old factories;. Capturing a batch of district-level renewal projects, promoting revitalization of old towns, greening of courtyards, and adding color to life. Increasing investment in new-type infrastructure, focusing on affordable housing construction,"Peaceful Dual-Use"public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation projects under the "Three Major Projects," actively promoting underground pipeline construction.

Deeply implementing urban renewal initiatives. Promoting innovation in urban renewal models through conceptual and methodological innovation, strengthening cost control, resource integration, perfecting the 'three professionals' responsibility system, standardized land use, standardized regulations, and tax financing policies. Vigorously promoting 'Two Old One New' renovations,completing the renovation of 120,000 square meters of old residential buildings in central urban areas below grade two, 310,000 square meters of old residential buildings in small alleyways, and initiating 10 rural village renovation projects.. Fully mobilizing all types of stakeholders, promoting the renovation of old industrial zones, commercial districts, protected heritage areas, and municipal infrastructure, accelerating the launch of urban renewal projects such as the 'Second Frontline.'

Continuously releasing urban renewal productivity. Optimizing production, living, and ecological layouts, promoting industrial transformation, functional upgrade, quality enhancement, and mechanism innovation. Strengthening industrial carrying capacity. Enhancing the modern service industry development level in the central urban area, actively attracting high-end resources. Creating distinctive gold-rush clusters, orderly promoting the construction of the North Road, South Road, East River Comprehensive Tax Zone, 'Yu Yin' Central Business District, Jinrong Historical Culture Zone, Jinrong Development Activity Zone, Investment Innovation Demonstration Zone, and Industrial Gold-Rush Development Zone. Promoting affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects," launching the construction of commodity-type affordable housing.Implementing 7 urban renewal projects and a batch of rural village renovation projects, initiating the upgrade of 275 old districts, expanding urban community integrated service facility construction.. Formulating plans for renovating aging gas, heating, and water supply networks, centrally allocating annual budget for phased implementation across regions,this year, renovating 623 kilometers of gas pipelines, 150 kilometers of heating pipelines, and 30 kilometers of water supply pipelines.... Upgrading the quality of iconic streets like Jintai and ancient culture streets, vigorously enhancing the fine management of urban districts, secondary roads, and backstreets.

Enhancing urban functionality. Advancing urban renewal comprehensively, conducting city-wide inspections, compiling implementation plans for urban integrated transportation systems and 15-minute living circles, continuing to push forward urban renewal projects,advancing the renovation of 109 kilometers of the Yangtze River and Four Rivers tributaries, starting 7,043 units of dilapidated housing renovation, strengthening the construction of urban drainage and underground integrated pipe corridors., establishing a national water-saving city. Deeply implementing affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects," basically completing the delivery task, launching the "Two Times" action campaign, reasonably determining land scale, structure, and schedule, promoting healthy and stable development of the real estate market.

Accelerating the supplementation of deficiencies in basic public facilities. Implementing urban renewal initiatives, accelerating the advancement of affordable housing, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects," promoting the smooth transition of the real estate industry to a new development model.Renovating 2.2 million households in old urban districts, 800 kilometers of aging gas pipelines, and 500 kilometers of aging heating pipelines., promoting the three-year action plan for filling gaps in urban life pollution pipelines, expanding the coverage of intelligent heating surfaces.

Promoting integrated urban-rural development and regional coordinated growth. Driving new-type urbanization centered on counties, promoting high-quality economic development in the region. Implementing urban renewal initiatives, capturing affordable housing, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects," building a livable, beautiful, and smart city.0

renovating 700 old districts and 4,600 kilometers of aging pipelines.. Constructing the Haiyan City, implementing the urban flood control and drainage capability enhancement project. Promoting the construction of "Community Parks," urban greenways, urban waterways, and complete community pilot projects, creating more high-quality living spaces. Vigorously building affordable housing, promoting the inclusion of eligible migrant workers into urban housing security programs.0

, building a livable, beautiful, and smart city.Promoting affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects,", constructing a new model for real estate development. Preventing and resolving policy risks, strictly cracking down on illegal financial activities, ensuring the orderly and regulated handling of financial risks.0

steadily advancing the comprehensive renovation of 160 old districts, opening 560,000 units of old urban district renovations., accelerating rural village renovation and the construction of "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure projects. Implementing community integrated service facility construction projects, improving industrial management levels. Accelerating the improvement of municipal facilities networks,renovating 600 kilometers of aging gas pipelines, advancing the construction of underground integrated pipe corridors based on local conditions.. Adding over 1 million square meters of green space. With the help of the Suqian and Shuihong heroes, improving urban governance, promoting smart and beautiful city construction, systematically addressing urban ailments like traffic congestion and parking difficulties.10

Renovating a batch of old urban districts, aging pipelines, and dangerous buildings. Standardizing industrial management services.Promoting urban household waste classification. Strengthening historical and cultural protection and the creation of unique features. Building community parks. Promoting the construction of complete communities and community integrated service facility projects.11

Accelerating the promotion of affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects." Launching nursing care, community assistance, family convenience, medical care, and health services in integrated community facilities, building fully functional complete communities. Capturing urban ecological restoration, constructing a batch of headquarter parks, convenient green spaces, and urban greenways. Initiating the bottom-up work of historical and cultural streets, establishing a protection list, orderly and carefully preserving old streets, old buildings, and old industrial zones.Accelerating urban digital transformation, promoting high-quality coordination and urban renewal, precise management, and cultural inheritance and protection, following the spirit of Suqian and historical resilience, comprehensively enhancing urban governance scientificity, precision, and intelligence.

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Steadily promoting rural village renovation projects under the "Three Major Projects," effectively advancing the construction of underground pipelines, affordable housing for new urban residents and migrant workers, and public service facilities for education, healthcare, and elderly care.13

Promoting affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects,", perfecting the 'security + market' housing supply system, better solving housing needs for new urban residents, young people, and migrant workers, and meeting the demands for new housing and improved living conditions.14

Steadily advancing affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects."15

comprehensive promotion of pipeline upgrades and old district renovations, completing 1,500 kilometers of gas, heating, and drainage pipeline renovations and 1,185 old districts., launching the three-year action campaign for comprehensive rectification of burning stoves and coal-fired boilers in urban villages and outskirts, accelerating district-level centralized heating renovation, allowing citizens to enjoy warm winters.16

, actively promoting urban renewal initiatives, doing practical and detailed city-wide inspections,, constructing a city operation management service platform, building good housing, good neighborhoods, good communities, and good cities, striving to make cities more livable, more beautiful, and smarter.17

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Promoting affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects," implementing urban renewal initiatives, deeply promoting refined urban management, building a livable, beautiful, and smart city.19

accelerating the completion of underground pipeline networks, renovating 2.75 million old residential units in old urban districts,continuously promoting solutions to traffic congestion problems in central urban areas, and building a livable, beautiful, and smart city.20Xinjiang

, enhancing urban carrying capacity and quality. Improving residents' living conditions,advancing the renovation of old urban districts, industrial zones, and central urban villages, increasing affordable housing construction and supply,promoting nursing care, community assistance, family convenience, healthcare, and physical fitness services in community public service facilities.21Hubei

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implementing urban life-line safety projects, upgrading 3,150 old urban districts.Increasing public sector investment, accelerating the promotion of affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects."23JiangxiAccelerating the promotion of affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects," promoting the establishment of new real estate development models.

Suddenly addressing deficiencies, accelerating the promotion of affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects," speeding up the construction of the Haiyan City and integrated water supply systems. Suddenly enhancing quality, coordinating urban renewal across regions, optimizing planning and design, reasonably matching industries, residence, transportation, and facilities, creating a 15-minute convenient life circle, promoting synergy between production, cities, and people.

25GuangdongHarnessing the powerful effect of government investment, prioritizing support for key core technologies, new-type infrastructure, and energy-saving, emission-reducing measures, accelerating the promotion of affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects,"

SichuanPromoting county-level urbanization development. Establishing a new urbanization philosophy centered on people, building livable, beautiful, and smart cities. Supporting Chengdu's orderly promotion of affordable housing construction, "Peaceful Dual-Use" public infrastructure construction, and rural village renovation under the "Three Major Projects." Suddenly emphasizing 'front door' and 'back door' issues, deeply launching urban renewal work, implementing the 'ten key people's livelihood projects' at the county level, vigorously advancing the renovation of aging pipelines, effectively promoting the construction of the Haiyan City.

GuangxiDeeply implementing urban renewal initiatives.

Promoting the construction of complete communities, 'One Old One Young' facilities, flood control and drainage projects, and other projects. Completing the layout of new-energy vehicle charging networks. Upgrading and renovating gas pipelines, strengthening black water body treatment and centralized collection and processing, continuously improving the quality and comprehensive carrying capacity of cities.28YunnanEnhancing urban functionality. Integrating city-wide inspections and urban renewal, building a 15-minute convenient life circle, launching community integrated service facility construction pilots. Striving to raise the urban life pollution collection and treatment rate to 68%, and the proportion of black water body elimination in county-level cities to 80%. Accelerating the construction of urban life-line safety projects,

Opening 400,000 units of affordable housing, renovating over 1.3 million old urban districts.29GuizhouDeeply implementing urban renewal initiatives,

, accelerating the construction of the 'Peaceful Dual-Use' projects.30JilinActively promoting urban renewal initiatives.