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Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development

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Formed
  
15 March 2008

Minister responsible
  
Chen Zhenggao

Headquarters
  
Beijing

Parent agency
  
State Council

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

Jurisdiction
  
People's Republic of China

Website
  
http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of China which provides housing and regulates the state construction activities in the country. 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.

    • References

    Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Wikipedia
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