Remarks by Yao Kai, Director of Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Development Management Committee

Yao Kai, Director of Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Development Management Committee

Yao Kai, Director of Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Development Management Committee, believed that Shanghai City, as an important window for the world to observe China, is now working hard to become a model for Chinese city governance and to show a new realm of Chinese governance to the world. Firstly, we should insist on high standards and qualified development with the spatial layout featured as network, multi-centers, clusters and intensiveness. Secondly, we should adhere to the people's supremacy. The development should guarantee and improve people's livelihood. As a result, it is critical to promote the implementation of public projects, such as connecting and improving the quality the public spaces, and constantly solve the livelihood problems of the public, such as elderly care, nursery care, old district reconstruction and rural revitalization, etc. Thirdly, we should adhere to the implementation of new development concepts, promote urban green and low-carbon development under the guidance of low-carbon. Fourthly, we should adhere to reform and innovation, focus on digital transformation and improve the level of intelligence in urban construction and governance. Finally, we should focus on system construction to enhance the ability to serve the masses with standardized construction, give play to the people's main role in the process of people's cities, and gather the wisdom and strength of the people.

Source: World Cities Day Official WeChat 

Edited and translated by Wang Yue