SOCIETY

Urban Renewal

China will take measures to prevent large-scale demolition of buildings during the upgrading of cities, the country’s urbanplanning authorities said on August 31.

The country will avoid tearing down existing buildings on a large scale unless those buildings are illegal or designated as dangerous by professional agencies, while historical buildings should be preserved, said Huang Yan, Vice Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, at a press conference.

Huang said that while many local governments have started to introduce policies for urban renewal in line with the Central Government agenda, some