前三季度1.6万个老旧小区“焕新”

CCTV.com reports (Xinwen Lianbo): Reporters learned today, October 26, from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development that renovation was completed on a cumulative total of 16,000 older urban residential communities nationwide in the first three quarters of this year. Work such as renewing utility networks and installing additional elevators also accelerated, steadily improving the livability of older residential communities.

In the first three quarters of this year, renovation was completed on a cumulative total of 16,000 older urban residential communities nationwide. This included upgrading more than 7,200 kilometers of aging water, electricity, gas, heating, and other utility lines, carrying out age-friendly and accessibility renovations in more than 2,800 residential communities, and adding 86,000 parking spaces.

Meanwhile, replacement of aging residential elevators and installation of additional elevators are also accelerating across the country. Chengdu provides a subsidy covering 50% of the total cost of each elevator replaced or renovated within one year of receipt of a safety assessment report. Xiamen has introduced a policy offering a subsidy of 250,000 yuan for each elevator added to a four- to six-story residential building, and up to 300,000 yuan for each elevator in buildings of seven stories or more, effectively reducing the amount residents must raise themselves. Changsha is advancing elevator replacement in existing residential buildings as a key public-welfare project and has so far supported the replacement of more than 3,000 elevators. The latest data show that this year, 30.9 billion yuan in ultra-long special treasury bond funds has been allocated nationwide to support local replacement of 197,000 aging residential elevators. An additional 7.6 billion yuan has been allocated to support the installation of 28,000 additional elevators.