On February 24, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, Li Xiaolong, director of the General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, pointed out that China's urban development has entered an important period of urban renewal, marked by a shift from large-scale incremental construction to emphasis on both inventory quality improvement and structural transformation. Since the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee made the decision to implement urban renewal action, we mainly guide the steady and orderly implementation of urban renewal action through policy development, bottom-line control, pilot demonstration.
Currently, cities around the country are enthusiastic to further pushing the urban renewal actions, and many have introduced urban renewal policies and regulations, improved institutional mechanisms, and explored a variety of implementation models. Many places first carry out urban physical examination to find out the shortcomings and problems, then make urban renewal planning and plans, and then coordinate the implementation of urban renewal projects such as the transformation of old factories, neighborhoods, old residential communities, residential community development, existing building renovation, waterlogging management, sponge city construction and new city construction. According to incomplete statistical figures, by the end of 2021, a total of 23,000 urban renewal projects have been implemented in 411 cities nationwide, with a total investment of 5.3 trillion RMB. Urban renewal has not only solved the outstanding problems and shortcomings in urban development, improved the sense of well-being and security of the public, but also become a new economic growth point.
A city is an organism, and urban renewal is a systematic project. It is a comprehensive and systematic strategy that takes the whole city as an object, the new development concept as the guide, the urban physical examination as basis, through comprehensive urban planning, construction and management as path, complies with regular urban development patterns, and promotes high-quality development. The next phase will be implemented through the following seven aspects:
First, establish a complete system. Accelerate in the construction of a national city system, clarify the strategic positioning and core functions of different cities, and promote coordinated regional development. At the same time, based on China's urbanization characteristics, promote urbanization that uses counties as important carriers, and promote the green and low-carbon construction of counties, so that returning farmers could stay in hometown, and new-coming farmers in cities could stay in cities.
Second, optimize spatial layout. The core is to coordinate the relationship between mountains, water and cities, adjust urban space, land use and industrial structure, promote urban cluster development, carry out urban ecological restoration, and promote the integration and symbiosis between cities and nature.
Third, improve functions. Accelerate the renewal of urban infrastructure and public service facilities, improve the urban transportation system, and enhance the level of city services and security resilience.
Fourth, strictly control the bottom line. Draw bottom lines of cities' scale, density, development intensity, style and characteristics, security and resilience. Control city's unlimited expansion, and strictly control the construction of super high-rise buildings, and prevent the large-scale demolition and construction.
Fifth, improve overall quality. Strengthen urban and rural historic culture protection and urban style management, strengthen the renovation of old residential neighborhoods and the construction of complete residential communities, promote the construction and renovation of ageing facilities and the renovation of existing buildings to meet the needs of people's high quality life.
Sixth, improve the effectiveness. Fully utilize the new generation of information technology, accelerate the construction of new urban infrastructure, promote intelligent public works, intelligent communities, intelligent construction, and intelligent urban management, improve the effectiveness of urban operation and management and service level.
Seven, transform the implementation method. Implement carbon peak and carbon neutral target tasks in the field of urban and rural development, transform from incremental construction led by real estate, and explore a government-led, market-operated, public participated sustainable model in the process of urban renewal.
Source: <//www.stufic.com/news/view?id=12231>
Edited and translated by FanJunyi
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