Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China
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| Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China 住房和城乡建设部 |
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| Jurisdiction |  People's Republic of China |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Minister responsible | Jiang Weixin |
| Parent agency | State Council |
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| http://www.cin.gov.cn/ | |
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (Chinese: 住房和城乡建设部, Pinyin: Zhùfáng hé Chéngxiāngjiànshè Bù) 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] List of Ministers
- Lin Hanxiong (林汉雄)
- Hou Jie (侯捷)
- Yu Zhengsheng (俞正声): 1998-2001
- Wang Guangtao (汪光焘): 2001-March 2008
- Jiang Weixin (姜伟新): March 2008-incumbent
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