Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: China has built the largest housing security system in the world.

The Press Office of the State Council held a press conference at 3 pm on Tuesday, August 3, 2008, and invited Wang, Ni Hong, Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and Vice Minister to introduce the situation around efforts to achieve housing for all, and to answer reporters' questions.

Wang, Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said at a news conference that China has made great achievements in housing development and established the largest housing security system in the world. In 20 19, the per capita housing construction area of urban residents reached 39.8 square meters, and that of rural residents reached 48.9 square meters. We will speed up the improvement of the housing security system with public rental housing, affordable rental housing and property rights housing as the main body, and build more than 80 million sets of various types of affordable housing and shed-to-shed resettlement houses to help more than 200 million people in need improve their housing conditions. Low-income and low-income families with housing difficulties have basically achieved full coverage, and the housing conditions of low-and middle-income families have been effectively improved. Adhere to the position that houses are used for living, not for speculation, speed up the establishment of a housing system with multi-subject supply, multi-channel guarantee and simultaneous rent and purchase, steadily implement a long-term real estate mechanism, stabilize land prices, house prices and expectations, and promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market.

Wang, Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said that China's urban construction has made historic achievements and created a miracle in the history of world urban development. In 2020, the urbanization rate of permanent residents in China will reach 63.89%, the number of cities will reach 687, and the urban built-up area will reach 6 1 10,000 square kilometers. In 20 19, China's urban GDP and investment in fixed assets accounted for nearly 90% of the country. We carry out the spirit of the Central Urban Work Conference, adhere to "one respect and five overall plans", accelerate the transformation of urban development mode, vigorously implement urban renewal actions, continuously enhance the integrity, systematicness and growth of cities, improve the carrying capacity, livability and inclusiveness of cities, significantly improve the urban living environment, and make people live more conveniently, comfortably and beautifully in cities.