Carry out the mission, for the renovation of old communities.
The renovation of old residential areas is a major livelihood project and development project. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that the renovation of old residential areas is an important task to enhance people’s sense of gain, and it is also an important part of the implementation of urban renewal. The Community Construction Department of the Urban Construction Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (hereinafter referred to as the "Community Department") takes the transformation of old residential areas as the focus of doing practical things for the masses, and solves the "great livelihood" with "small incision" to continuously enhance the people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security.
This year, this young team won the National Worker Pioneer. "The renovation of old residential areas is an important task to improve people’s quality of life, and it is a practical matter of people’s livelihood around the people. We are honored to be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility and win the honor, and we feel even more responsible. " Relevant comrades in the community office said.
Find out the base, pilot first, and clarify the direction of the transformation path
Most of the old residential areas were built before 2000. The construction standards of these residential areas are low, coupled with long-term neglect, incomplete municipal supporting facilities, aging houses and other outstanding problems. There are shortcomings in facilities, environmental supporting facilities and public services, which is far from the growing needs of the people for a better life. Residents have a strong willingness to transform. Old residential areas are large in quantity and wide in scope, and the task of renovation is heavy. How to promote renovation in a solid and orderly manner throughout the country?
Understanding what the masses think and expect, and learning from the grassroots is the first priority. The Community Department organized 20 departments and units to conduct in-depth research on 213 old communities in 93 cities and counties, and combed and analyzed the current situation, transformation needs and experience of old communities. Subsequently, Shandong and Zhejiang provinces and eight cities including Shanghai and Suzhou were organized to deepen the pilot projects, and special classes for joint work were set up with local comrades to jointly explore the establishment of nine mechanisms, such as mobilizing the masses to jointly build, sharing reconstruction funds and integrating and utilizing existing resources, and to "explore the road" in the reconstruction projects in detail, so as to accumulate experience for comprehensively promoting the transformation.
On the basis of comprehensive investigation and summing up the pilot experience, the Community Department took the lead in drafting the Guiding Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Renovation of Old Urban Residential Areas, which defined the target tasks and the scope of objects, established a package of support policies to meet the needs of renovation projects in terms of approval of renovation projects, taxation and finance, land and so on, basically formed the institutional framework for the renovation of old urban residential areas, and the renovation work was rapidly and comprehensively promoted throughout the country.
Guide the whole process and do a good job in deployment and implementation.
Since 2019, the country has started to renovate nearly 220,000 old urban communities, benefiting hundreds of millions of people. However, the larger new start-up tasks every year, coupled with the projects under construction, have brought great pressure to the streets and communities at the grassroots level. How to make the policy better adapt to the needs of the grassroots and land solidly?
The community department insists on keeping its eyes down, stepping down, throwing itself down and sinking into the front line, so that the policy can be passed on layer by layer from formulation to promotion to landing.
"The transformation of old residential areas is the initial intention and mission of this office. We are both policy makers and policy practitioners and implementers." Relevant comrades said.
According to reports, since 2019, the renovation of old residential areas has been included in the affordable housing project, and the General Office of the State Council has issued guidance. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, together with relevant departments, put forward targeted work requirements for the renovation work in that year according to the latest situation, tasks and objectives, and new situations and problems arising in the renovation, and made clear the "positive list" and "negative list" of work, so as to promote all localities to do their best and do their best to promote the renovation well and quickly.
With the gradual advancement of the renovation of old residential areas, the Community Department promptly answered questions about the difficulties encountered in various localities, followed up and summarized the deepening innovations in the implementation of policies in various localities, organized and printed seven batches of List of Replicable Policy Mechanisms for the Renovation of Old Urban Residential Areas, promoted the replicable experiences and practices in pioneering areas, guided all localities to learn from them, accelerated the improvement of working mechanisms and policy systems that meet the needs of renovation, and promoted the implementation of renovation policies.
For example, in order to solve the problem of "public needs and women need to face" in the transformation of old residential areas, the community department guides all localities to fully mobilize the masses to participate, ask for the needs of the people, ask for the people, ask for the benefits of the people, and seek the greatest common denominator of the transformation effect.
In the residents’ meeting hall of an old residential area in Qingdao, Shandong Province, a young cadre from the community office discussed the renovation plan of the residential area with the residents. Because there are many people in the surrounding primary schools during school hours, the residents are very concerned about the design plan of optimizing the internal traffic routes and getting through the fire exits. "Making policies and implementing them are different. Every old residential area has its own characteristics, and the needs of each resident are different. The renovation plan must be determined according to the wishes of residents and the actual situation of the residential area. In this process, it is very important to be with residents, want to be together, and be together. " The young cadre said with emotion.
Experience comes from grassroots practice and wisdom. The community department adheres to the typical demonstration and leads the way, and promotes the transformation process in various places with demonstration projects. Since 2021, the Community Department has identified a number of contact points communities every year, and adopted the methods of leaders’ efforts, young cadres’ on-the-spot investigation, and experts’ assistance to help the communities break the blocking points of renovation, create demonstration model projects, and share experiences and experiences with community cadres in the streets where various renovation communities are located throughout the country.
In order to evaluate the transformation work more scientifically and objectively, the community office has defined the measurement standard of the transformation work through performance evaluation, supervision and encouragement, so as to make the policy baton and the evaluation index system more unified. During the research and establishment of the National Statistical Investigation System for the Renovation of Old Urban Residential Areas, the Community Department, together with grassroots comrades, repeatedly studied the connotation of each statistical indicator in order to be accurate and efficient, focusing on the goal of timely and accurately reflecting the progress of the renovation and minimizing the statistical burden. "This set of statistical indicators has clear logic and strong pertinence, which is very helpful for guiding and promoting local work. The progress of the work can be clearly reflected in the statistics. Behind the figures are the transformation results that every resident can see and touch, and they are all tangible results. " A grassroots cadre responsible for the renovation of old communities said.
The central and local governments have resonated at the same frequency and exerted their strength in the same direction, overcoming difficulties and taking advantage of the situation. The policy implementation has not only not weakened, but the signal has become stronger and stronger.
Cooperate to fill the shortcomings and improve the supporting facilities
Living and working in peace and contentment is the simplest wish of China people. Residents spend most of their daily life, food, clothing, housing and transportation in the community. In order to do the "last mile" of serving the masses well, the Community Department cooperated with various departments Qi Xin to integrate resources and fill the shortcomings of facilities and services.
"what is missing, what to make up." The Community Office guides all localities to explore the working method of "physical examination before renovation", and before renovation, it conducts a thorough investigation of the facilities in the community, focuses on residents’ needs, adheres to goal orientation and problem orientation, adopts "menu-based" renovation, and makes precise efforts with "one district, one policy", giving priority to solving the urgent problems of the masses, using limited funds at the cutting edge and changing them into residents’ "hearts".
"Stick to the bottom line of safety" and focus on eliminating potential safety hazards. Accelerate the renovation of aging and hidden dangers of gas, water supply, heating, drainage, power supply, communications and other pipelines and pipelines, and put the concept of safe development throughout all links and the whole process of renovation.
"One old and one young" is the main concern of most families. The Community Department guides all localities to actively revitalize the housing and land resources in the community and surrounding areas, and add service facilities such as home care service centers, canteens for the elderly and children’s post stations according to local conditions. In conjunction with the State Sports General Administration, the "national ball into the community" campaign was launched, and small sports and fitness facilities such as table tennis tables were added for old communities to allow residents to move at their doorsteps.
In recent years, residents have a high voice for installing elevators in existing houses, and the community department has faced up to the difficulties of reaching a consensus and raising funds, and adhered to the combination of rule of law and rule of virtue to help solve the problem of "it is difficult for suspended elderly people to go downstairs". Seize the favorable opportunity when the National People’s Congress promulgated the law on barrier-free environment construction, and promote national legislation to support the installation of elevators in existing multi-storey houses in old urban communities. Give play to the role of grassroots organizations in street communities, take party building as the guide and residents’ consultation as the basic working methods, and promote residents to reach a consensus. In conjunction with the Supreme People’s Court, a typical case was issued to guide residents to correctly understand the legal provisions applicable to installing elevators, and to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, such as being good neighbors and helping each other.
Great cause inspires people to forge ahead. The achievements made by the Community Office courageously come from the broad masses of the people’s support for the major decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and also reflect the hope of millions of grassroots community workers and community residents to work together to build a beautiful home.