Part I Insist on drawing a bottom line. Prevent deformation and distortion of urban renewal.
(1) Strictly control large-scale demolition. Existing buildings shall not be demolished on a large scale or in a centralized manner, except for illegal buildings and buildings that have been identified as dangerous by professional institutions and for which there is no value in repairing or retaining them.
In principle, within a certain urban renewal area or project, the demolished area shall not exceed 20% of the total construction area.
We advocate prudent dealing with existing buildings based on classification and implement small-scale, gradual, and organic renewal and micro-renovation. We advocate taking full advantage of the existing stock (of buildings), encourage the maintenance, repair, and reinforcement of existing buildings, improve facilities and equipment, and improve safety, applicability, and energy-saving levels. For buildings to be demolished, we shall strengthen evaluation and verification, solicit opinions publicly, and strictly implement approval procedures in accordance with relevant regulations.
(2) Strictly control large-scale expansion. Except for the addition of necessary public service facilities, the construction area of the old urban area shall not be expanded on a large scale, and the original density (of the old urban area) shall not be exceeded, and the pressure on the resources and environment shall not be increased. In principle, the ratio of demolition area and construction area within a certain urban renewal unit/project shall not exceed 2.
Under the premise of ensuring safety, it is allowed to appropriately increase the building area for the purpose of making additions to existing housing projects with imperfect living facilities, constructing affordable rental housing, and improving public service facilities and infrastructure. We encourage the exploration of the overall planning of the construction scale within a certain region, strengthen dispersing functions in over-dense areas, actively expand public spaces, parks, and green spaces, and improve the livability of cities.
(3) Strictly control large-scale relocation. There shall be no large-scale, compulsory relocation of residents, no changes to the social structure, and no severance of the relationship between people, land, and culture.
We shall respect the residents' willingness in resettling, encourage local and nearby resettlement, improve living conditions, maintain neighborhood relations and social structure, and the local and nearby resettlement rate of a certain urban renewal unit/project shall not be less than 50%. We shall practice the concept of creating a beautiful environment and a happy life together, simultaneously promote urban renewal and community governance, encourage house owners and users to participate in urban renewal to jointly build, govern and share a beautiful home.
(4) Ensure stable supply and demand in the housing rental market. There shall be no large-scale demolition of concentrated old urban buildings such as “villages within cities” （城中村） in a short period of time, in order to prevent the imbalance of supply and demand in the rental housing market which increases the difficulty in renting for newly-arrived urban residents and residents with low income.
We shall pay attention to the steady implementation of the renovation of “villages within cities,” improve public services and infrastructure, improve the environment in public, eliminate potential safety hazards, simultaneously advance the construction of affordable rental housing, comprehensively solve rental housing problems for key groups such as newly-arrived urban residents, and people with low-income.
The annual increase of urban rental housing rent shall not exceed 5%.
