Policy Digest

Urban planning to pivot away from large-scale construction

The establishment of a new governance mechanism for urban planning and construction will be a priority reform task, China's housing ministry said on Saturday.

Speaking at the annual national planning conference held in Hefei, Anhui province, Qin Haixiang, vice-minister of housing and urban-rural development, said the existing mechanism is no longer suitable as the country's urban development has entered a transitional period from the previous large-scale incremental construction.