Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国住房和城乡建设部
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Zhùfáng Hé Chéngxiāng Jiànshèbù
Agency overview
Formed15 March 2008 (2008-03-15)
JurisdictionGovernment of China
HeadquartersBeijing
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Jiang Wanrong
  • Dong Jianguo
  • Qin Haixiang
  • Wang Hui
Agency executives
  • Song Hansong, Leader of Discipline Inspection & Supervision Team
  • Li Rusheng, Chief Engineer
  • Yang Baojun, Chief Economist
Parent agencyState Council
Websitewww.mohurd.gov.cn
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
Simplified Chinese中华人民共和国住房和城乡建设部
Traditional Chinese中華人民共和國住房和城鄉建設部
MOHURD
Chinese住建部
Ministry of Construction
Simplified Chinese中华人民共和国建设部
Traditional Chinese中華人民共和國建設部

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is a ministry of the People's Republic of China which provides housing and regulates the state construction activities in Mainland China. It was formerly known as the Ministry of Construction (Chinese: 建设部; pinyin: Jiànshèbù).

History

As part of US$586 billion economic stimulus package of November 2008, the government plans to:[1]

  • Housing: increase the construction of more affordable and low-rent housing and the speeding up of slum demolition, to initiate a pilot program to rebuild rural homes, and a program to encourage nomads to move into permanent housing.
  • Rural infrastructure: improve roads and power grids in the countryside, and drinking water, including a huge project to divert water from the South to the North of China. Also, poverty relief initiatives will be strengthened.

In November 2012, the Ministry established its smart cities pilot program, which became the start of a nationwide smart cities movement.[2]: 58–59  From 2013-2015, 277 Chinese cities joined the smart cities pilot program.[2]: 59  As of 2016, there were approximately 500 smart city projects in China.[2]: 59 

List of ministers

No.NameTook officeLeft office
1Lin Hanxiong (林汉雄)April 1988March 1991
2Hou Jie (侯捷)March 1991March 1998
3Yu ZhengshengMarch 1998November 2001
4Wang Guangtao (汪光焘)November 2001March 2008
5Jiang WeixinMarch 2008June 2014
6Chen ZhenggaoJune 2014June 2017
7Wang MenghuiJune 2017Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "China plans 10 major steps to spark growth as fiscal, monetary policies ease_English_Xinhua". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 Hu, Richard (2023). Reinventing the Chinese City. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-21101-7.


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