The Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress held a press conference on the afternoon of the 9th. The heads of four departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the National Health Commission answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on related issues.
Ni Hong, Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said that urban renewal is an inevitable process in the history of urbanization development. The purpose is to promote the high-quality development of cities, so that cities can be more livable, resilient, and smarter, and make people live in cities more convenient, comfortable and better.
Since the central government deployed and implemented urban renewal in 2019, the country has started to renovate nearly 280,000 old urban communities, benefited 120 million residents, installed more than 130,000 elevators, added 3.8 million parking spaces, added nearly 80,000 elderly care and childcare facilities, added 1.05 million charging piles, added 31 million square meters of cultural and leisure and sports fitness venues, updated and renovated about 500,000 kilometers of underground pipeline networks, created more than 40,000 "pocket parks", and built 120,000 kilometers of urban greenways. Small incisions have changed the livelihood of the people. These small facts solve the urgent, difficult and worrying around the people. The people's sense of gain, happiness and security have been effectively enhanced, and have also been welcomed by the people.
