Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development: To promote green building materials, green construction, and green buildings in a comprehensive manner to promo

Source: China Urban Planning Society

The 2022/2023 China Urban Planning Annual Conference, with the theme of "People's Cities, Planning Empowerment", was recently held in Wuhan. Ni Hong, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.

In the new era and new journey, the strategic position and role of cities are further highlighted, and urban work has ushered in new major opportunities. The 20th CPC National Congress has drawn a grand blueprint for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization, put forward new requirements for improving the level of urban planning, construction and governance, and defined the new goal of building a livable, resilient and smart city.

At the meeting, Ni Hong proposed to always adhere to her original aspiration in urban work and serve the needs of national development and people's daily lives; Always shoulder the mission and build livable, resilient, and smart cities; Always attach importance to practice and study the major issues faced by urban modernization construction; Always follow the rules and provide four suggestions for urban planning, construction, and management.

In terms of always shouldering the mission of building livable, resilient, and smart cities, Ni Hong proposes to promote green and low-carbon construction. Cities are an important battlefield for building a beautiful China, and the concept of green and low-carbon should run through the entire process of urban construction. We should continue to promote the security of urban water supply, the construction of sponge cities, and the management of urban waterlogging, promote the opening and sharing of parks and green spaces, and better meet the needs of citizens for leisure, recreation, and closeness to nature. We should promote green building materials, green construction, and green buildings in an integrated manner, and comprehensively promote energy conservation and carbon reduction in the construction field.

Editor in charge: Chu Zanzan