English Home
Headline
Opinion
China
World
Business
Sports
Education
Sci-Tech
Culture
FM Remarks
Friendly Contacts
News in
World Media
Features
Message Board
Voice of Readers
Feedback
Employment Opportunity

Wednesday, December 29, 1999, updated at 09:19(GMT+8)
China China Sees Increase in Urban Per Capita Living Space

China has launched massive housing construction projects this year and made remarkable progress in improving housing conditions for urban residents, said Yu Zhengsheng, Minister of Construction on Decemberr 28.

Yu Zhengsheng said that the vigorous new housing reform policy, which is designed to stop housing allocation as a means of welfare, has stimulated housing construction nationwide.

Per capita living space for city dwellers has gone up from 9.3 sq m in 1998 to the current 9.6 sq m, Yu said.

During the January-November period this year, China built housing with a total 569 million sq m in floor space, up 15.7 percent over the same period last year. The country also witnessed sharp rises in housing space completed or sold, Yu said.

China has maintained rational growth in housing construction and investment this year, with affordable housing as main target for housing investment.

Moreover, individual buyers account for more than 80 percent of those who bought housing.

Printer-friendly Version In This Section
  • China Strongly Condemns Hijacking of Indian Plane

  • Falun Gong Cult Sentences Supported

  • New Findings Prove Xinjiang Under China's Rule 1,300 years Ago

  • Law Sure to Beat Cults

  • Macao SAR Executive Council Passes 2 Regulations

  • China Wishes Stability and Normal Order Restored in Cote d'Ivoire

  • Search
     

    Back to top
    Copyright by People's Daily Online, All rights reserved




    Relevant Stories
  • Foreign Trade Prompts Economic Growth


  • China's Export Trade Witness Five Percent Growth


  • Kailuan Coal Mine Undergoes Structural Reform




  • Internet Links
  • China's Economic Performance