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Proposals on Project of Improving China Human
Settlements Environment & Developing New Towns

We are in the great new era of developing overall Well-off Society, longing for the beautiful and pleasant human settlements environment.

 In 21st century, China will take part in all round global competition by following the international practice completely. It implies China enters the historical stage of developing overall Well-off Society with the beginning of rapidly large-scale transformation and renovation of city.


 The Overall Well-off Society means the harmonized development between national economy, science & technology and culture, between human and nature as well as between city and rural area.

 The Overall Well-off Society is powered by industrialization, activated by rapid urbanization, charmed by its pleasant, healthy, safety and civilized human settlements environment.


 The Overall Well-off Society lay its stress on the new life style and upgraded standards on life quality. It refines the ideas of suburban development, providing the model for urbanization and theory framework for city construction.

 Development of Overall Well-off Society is general outline on China human settlements development, which is set by 16th National CPC Congress as magnificent perspective for whole nation.

 History will lead us to the most ideal human society, i.e. to the pleasant human settlements environment.

 With heavy responsibilities and long road to undergo, the course of developing human settlements environment is the great holy mission conducted by the contemporary for offspring’s benefit.

 At present, China human settlements developments are carried out steadily under the direction of the Party Central Committee and the State Department.
Headed by 16th National CPC Congress, the housing construction & development enters the new stage for better building, environment and life quality.

 The environmental age call for the life quality and breakthrough for China human settlements environment- a pleasant home for all people.

 In view of the above circumstances, China Real Estate & Housing Research Association-Council of Human Settlements brings forward the following proposals to the entrepreneurs, architects, builders as well as all the interested party:

1. Implement the sustainable development strategy and enhance   the construction of human settlements environment

 Human settlements ecology as well as the sustainable development has always been the hot topic all over the world and international community. Owing to the long impact of city residential environment on the inhabitants’ physiology, psychology, mentality as well as behavior, it is of great significance that we shall strengthen the planning of human settlements environmental development and sustainable development strategy.

 The conception of Sustainable Human Settlements Environment is defined by United Nations as the following five aspects: proper housing for the inhabitants, facilities of safety & health, harmonious development between human and city residential environment, ecological construction as well as sustainable development & utilization of residential resources.

Therefore we propose:
Hold up People first principle on? development & construction. Inhabitant real requirements come first with full consideration of suitability, habitability, comfort as well as safety.

 Applying the principle of Prior Planning for City Ecology. The particularities of human settlements for the quality of environment around, need planning, restructuring on the ecological environment based on the principles of human culture, ecology, sociology as well as economy with stress on the harmony of human and nature for the economical, healthy and efficient human housing system

 Beefing up the construction and plan for city ecology;? improving the human settlements environment. Malfunction on the city designing as well as deterioration of green land results in city illness. The first priority shall give to the ecology planning in the overall of the whole city environment, by protecting and utilizing the original natural resources in order to shape up a positive system with certain structures, functions as well as ability of self-adjusting

 Applying the environmental-friendly technology for city? construction. We shall promote the usage of four new-techs in city construction by eliminating inferior materials, creating the orderly, advanced production method of high quality for the improvement of operating capability of modern buildings and development of resources-economizing building.

2. Erecting the conception of Developing New Town; improving    the quality of living

Developing New Town lays its stress on the new life style and upgraded standards on life quality. It refines the ideas of suburban development, providing the model for urbanization and theory framework for city construction.

 Developing New Town is to create the new model of marketing, construction and operation on city estate through practice by marketing principle to find the new way of China urbanization.

Therefore we propose:
Building green, healthy, safety? cities with enough sunshine, greens, air and water to avoid the noisy, polluted cities.

 Centered by new satellite town, the whole city area is kept? in the balanced development, easy trafficking, high living environment format with the self economy under the main city.

 Forming the public facilities and city greens at the same? time in the city construction for the better house with the protection and development of cultural heritage in the scarce land resources

 Advocating the city design with history style; increasing? the road intensity in residential area for easy trafficking; enhancing the capability of developing new town.

3. Proper use of resources and energy and application of environmental protection strategy

Developing New Town require balance between economy and social benefit involving the proper usage of resources and energy as well as environmental protection. We have responsibility of environmental protection to keep the sustainable development on housing industry.

 The rapid urbanization and industrialization has a significant influence on the efficient usage of resources, environmental protection, information technology, knowledge based economy, as well as our life-style. The current responsibility is to harmonize the development between human and nature for the healthy and better house by proper usage of resources and avoiding the wastes.

 Therefore we propose:
Studying residence modality; optimizing the land resources? to protect the water and nature ecology furthest.

 Reducing the usage of natural resources, develop heat? preservation technology, low energy-consumption technology for air-conditioning heating for the purpose of high comfort and low energy-consumption.

 Cherishing the non-reproductive resources by developing the? technology on solar energy, wind and geothermal energy.

 Protecting water resources and improving quality of water environment by the recycle and education on saving water.

4. Building up the healthy housing environment and coming back to the natural way of comfortable, healthy, safety and enlightened life style.

Developing New Town shall meet the various needs for housing from all works of life: traditional, changing and fashionable. We have responsibility to make the human settlements environment colorful.

 Eliminating superficial extravagance, non-rational obedience and unrealistic practice, we shall come back to the comfortable, healthy, safety and enlightened life style, enabling the natural and harmonious housing environment.

Therefore we propose:
Guarantee the synchronous construction for the house as well? as utilities facilities.

Building the healthy home and green house for the best? housing quality.

Improving the sound, light, heat as well as air quality by? adopting the green materials for the residents’ health.

Paying attention to the quality of equipment and redesigning? the ductwork to increase the living comfort ability.

Caring for the special group such as the old, young as well? the handicapped for their better living conditions.

5. Stressing the technological innovation and realizing the technology improvement for housing construction

Developing New Town lays its stress on the technological innovation, the quality of product and economic benefit. We have responsibility to make the real accomplishment by using the technology to solve the various problems in the all stages of housing development.

The current responsibility is: reforming the technical aid system; improving the quality of planning service; providing the superior products and materials; strengthening the construction management and quality control; making the orderly, advanced and good production format; setting up the interactive and interdependent production networks; ensuring the operating capability of modern housing industry.

Therefore we propose:
Making clear the responsibility of various stages in housing? planning and serving as a good planner and technician.

Stressing the sustainable technological innovation;? reforming allocation of housing facilities for the upgrade of living standards.

Improving the designing idea; setting up the authentification system for provision and guarantee of adoptive housing.

Reinforcing the conformation regulations, preventing? fire, leakage, noise pollution, heat, taint.

Upgrading technology for healthy house and accomplishing? the fitting and decoration on the first try to solve the problems such as contamination and radiation etc.

6. inheriting the city tradition and building up the advanced housing civilization.

Developing New Town pays more attention to the culture development by building house with the combination of the traditional style and modern technology, satisfying the needs of easy trafficking, quality services, elegance of culture as well as beauty of nature for the downtown dwellers and suburban residents.

Under principle of the Human and Nature First by the pleasant personality room, excellent garden, happy community and healthily energetic space for each person, Developing New Town cares for the human nature and thus creates the brand-new model of life style with the beautiful environment, easy trafficking and sense of belonging.

Therefore we propose:
Carrying forward the original? traditions of different cities; reshaping the city; creating new city image, embodying the advance developing idea in the best design for human settlements environment; building up new civilization.

Setting up the idea of health and leisure life; improving? the facilities for health care, sports and communication; creating the housing environment of new home, new culture.

Carrying out various activities and improving regulation for? the utility services, conducting the value-added utility services; shaping the new style of utility service management.

7. Actively participating the reform and upgrade project for city functions and reshaping the city development.

With the advance theory at home and abroad on the city planning and developing in line with the urbanization, modernization and market in China, Developing New Town calls for the active participation in the planning and reform and upgrade project of city through the concentrated, integrated and large-scale investment for the new image of city at the whole.

Developing New Town needs the reshape of city development, upgrading city function, improving the basic city facilities for the asset appreciation in the process of renovation of the old one and development of the new city.

Therefore we propose:
People first principle and correct planning. Every city shall have its own housing development system as the direction for the openly bid on the projections for the renovation of the old one and construction of the new city.
Orderly Construction in compliance with the law. The obtainment of land, the subsequent development as well as operation shall be conducted according to the relevant laws and regulations, completing the examining and approval procedures under open market conditions.
Adjusting with local conditions and preserving the local characteristics. Taking account for the local tradition, geographic distribution, water system as well as vegetation, we shall preserve the original shape and character and add new function in the process of renovation, repair and redevelopment of the old one.
Keep balanced development up with the? times. Stressing the intelligentization construction on housing area and the sustainable development between city and suburban, we strive to the justice, fairness and stable society for better future of China human settlements environment.
Development of Overall Well-off Society set up by set by 16th National CPC Congress as a great mission for the whole nation, spurs on the new stage of project of Improving China Human Settlements Environment & Developing New Town, showing us a splendid picture for the high standards of living. Currently the housing development and construction becomes the pillar industry of our national economy. A system of enterprises as the main party with government playing the leading role, is coming into being. As a systematically strategy, the R&D and practice on future human settlements has a great of concern for the people’s life.
Nowadays all people engaged in the construction of China human settlements environment and the related industry, are endeavoring to keep up with the pace of world with high spirit of learning and analyzing.

Bright future, not far away, is real in our hands!
Believing the future as believing ourselves.

 

China Real Estate & Housing Research Association-Council of Human Settlements
Nov-1-2003


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