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Notice on Preventing Demolition and Construction in the Implementation of Urban Renewal Action
(Draft for Comment)
The implementation of urban renewal is an important decision made by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and it is also a major project with clear outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan. To implement urban renewal, we should conform to the law of urban development, respect people's wishes, take intensive, green and low-carbon development as the path, change the way of urban development and construction, adhere to the principle of "retaining and removing", give priority to retaining and utilizing, strictly control large-scale demolition and construction, strengthen reconstruction, pay attention to improving functions and enhance urban vitality. Recently, all localities have actively promoted the implementation of urban renewal. However, in the process of promotion, there is a tendency to continue to follow the way of excessive real estate development and construction, demolish and build, and get quick success. In some places, old buildings are demolished at will, residents are requisitioned, old trees are cut down, housing prices are raised in disguise, and the cost of living is raised, resulting in new urban problems. In order to actively and steadily implement the urban renewal action, we hereby put forward the following requirements:
First, insist on delineating the bottom line to prevent urban renewal and deformation.
(1) Strictly control large-scale demolition. In addition to illegal buildings and those identified as dangerous buildings, existing buildings will not be demolished on a large scale and concentrated into pieces. In principle, the construction area of old city renewal units (districts) or projects should not be greater than 20% of the current total construction area. Encourage small-scale and gradual organic renewal and micro-transformation, and advocate classified and prudent disposal of existing buildings. In addition to the illegal buildings and houses that have been identified as dangerous buildings by professional institutions and have no value for repair and preservation, other existing buildings should be mainly repaired and reinforced, improve facilities and equipment, improve energy saving level, and make full use of existing resources. For the buildings to be demolished, it is necessary to strengthen the evaluation and demonstration, solicit opinions publicly, strictly abide by the relevant regulations, and perform the examination and approval procedures.
(2) Strictly control large-scale construction. In addition to building necessary public service facilities, there will be no large-scale new construction scale, no breakthrough in the original density intensity of the old city, and no increase in the bearing pressure of resources and environment. Strictly control the scale and construction intensity of old city reconstruction and expansion and new buildings. In principle, the demolition and construction ratio of renewal units (districts) or projects shall not be greater than 2. On the premise of ensuring safety, it is allowed to appropriately increase the fully renovated building area of housing, build affordable rental housing, and improve public service facilities and infrastructure. Encourage the exploration of regional scale planning, strengthen the function of dense areas, actively expand public spaces and parks and green spaces, maintain moderate density, and improve the livability of cities.
(3) Strictly control large-scale relocation. Do not forcibly relocate residents on a large scale, change the social and demographic structure, and cut off the connection between people, land and culture. It is necessary to respect residents' willingness to resettle, encourage local resettlement, improve living conditions, maintain neighborhood relations and social structure, and update the unit (district) or project residents' local and nearby resettlement rate should not be less than 50%. Practice the concept of creating a beautiful environment and a happy life, simultaneously promote urban renewal and community governance, encourage housing owners and users to participate in urban renewal, form an atmosphere of * * * building * * * governance, and maintain social harmony and stability.
(four) to ensure the stability of supply and demand in the housing rental market. Failure to carry out large-scale and short-term demolition of contiguous old urban areas such as villages in the city will lead to an imbalance between supply and demand in the housing rental market and aggravate the difficulty for new citizens and low-income people to rent houses. Encourage the steady implementation of the transformation of villages in cities, improve public services and infrastructure, improve the public environment, eliminate potential safety hazards, simultaneously do a good job in the construction of long-term rental housing for low-priced and medium-sized units, and make overall plans to solve the rental housing problems of key groups such as new citizens and low-income people with difficulties. The annual increase of housing rent does not exceed 5%.
Second, adhere to the principle of staying and not staying, and strive to maintain the memory of the city.
(five) to retain the use of existing buildings. Historical buildings and old buildings with protection value shall not be dismantled or moved at will, and shall not be in disrepair, unused in disrepair or left idle at will. For the area to be urban renewal, it is necessary to carry out investigation and evaluation, sort out and evaluate the existing building conditions, and make clear the list of buildings that should be preserved and protected. Urban renewal shall not be implemented in areas that have not carried out investigation and evaluation, completed the delineation of historical and cultural blocks and the identification of historical buildings. Support to strengthen the transformation, repair and utilization of old buildings such as old factories and old houses without changing the nature and ownership of land use and reducing the level of fire safety.
(six) to maintain the scale of the pattern of the old city. Do not destroy the traditional pattern and texture of streets and lanes, do not straighten and widen roads at will, and prohibit the construction of large roads and squares. Encourage the use of embroidery to repair and darn old residential areas, old factories and old commercial areas, reasonably control the building height, and maximize the preservation of the unique spatial pattern and texture of the old city.
(7) Continuation of urban characteristics. Do not destroy the topography, cut down old and famous trees and existing trees with local characteristics, dig mountains and fill lakes, change or occupy rivers and lakes at will, rebuild parks with historical value at will, change old place names at will, put an end to the chaos of "being greedy for perfection, clinging to foreign countries and seeking differences", and prohibit plagiarism, imitation and cottage behavior in buildings. Adhere to the low-impact renewal construction mode, maintain the natural landscape environment of the old city, protect historical sites such as ancient wells, ancient trees and ancient bridges, encourage the use of local building materials and forms, build urban buildings that reflect regional characteristics, national characteristics and the style of the times, strengthen urban ecological restoration, leave blank space to increase green, and retain the "genes" of the city's unique regional environment, cultural characteristics and architectural style.
Third, adhere to our capabilities and steadily promote transformation and upgrading.
(8) Strengthen overall planning. Don't ignore the local reality and residents' wishes, treat the headache and the foot pain, and blindly carry out urban renewal by sports. It is necessary to strengthen the overall planning, adhere to the urban physical examination and evaluation first, classify and implement policies according to local conditions, reasonably determine the key points of urban renewal, delimit urban renewal units, fully link them with relevant plans, scientifically formulate urban renewal plans and plans, establish a project library, clarify the implementation time sequence, explore planning, land, finance, financial and other policies applicable to stock renewal, improve the approval process and standards, broaden financing channels, prevent debt risks, and make precise policies, which will be helpful for a long time.
(9) Explore the sustainable renewal mode. Don't follow the development and construction mode of excessive real estate, and unilaterally pursue the short-term and economic benefits brought by scale expansion. Encourage and promote the transformation from "development model" to "business model", and explore the sustainable development model of government guidance, market operation and public participation. The government pays attention to coordinating all kinds of stock resources, increasing financial support, attracting social professional enterprises to participate in the operation, balancing the transformation investment and long-term operating income, and encouraging existing resource owners and residents to participate in micro-transformation. Support the integration of project planning, planning and design, construction and operation, encourage mixed functions and compatible use, promote mixed land types, and develop new formats, new scenarios and new functions by means of demolition, relocation, exchange and lease.
(10) Accelerate the completion of functional shortcomings. Don't make superficial efforts in dressing, wearing a hat and painting, and don't engage in political achievements and image projects that are divorced from reality and waste people and money. Focusing on making up the shortcomings and benefiting people's lives, focusing on the urgent needs of residents, giving priority to the construction of public service facilities, municipal infrastructure, disaster prevention and safety facilities, flood control and drainage facilities, public green spaces and public activity places, and improving urban functions. Encourage the construction of a complete residential community, improve community supporting facilities, expand community services such as offices, classrooms and canteens, create a barrier-free environment, and build an elderly-friendly community.
(eleven) to improve the safety and resilience of the city. Don't emphasize the ground above the ground, and don't over-landscape and brighten, which increases the risk of urban safety. Conduct a thorough investigation of urban municipal infrastructure, investigate and rectify potential safety hazards, and promote unified planning and coordinated construction of ground facilities and underground municipal infrastructure renovation. In urban greening and environmental construction, we should encourage the ecological construction mode that is close to nature, localized, easy to maintain and sustainable, optimize the vertical space, and strengthen the construction of blue, green and gray integrated sponge city.
All localities should constantly strengthen practice summary, constantly improve systems, mechanisms and policies, explore pilot projects to promote urban renewal, strengthen supervision and guidance on the work of cities (counties), urge re-evaluation of urban renewal projects under construction and approved construction, re-improve the pilot work plan for urban renewal, and thoroughly rectify those involving demolition of old buildings and construction of new ones. Our department will regularly conduct research and guidance on urban renewal, timely study and coordinate to solve difficult problems, actively promote the introduction of relevant policies, and promote the implementation of urban renewal.