China will strive to finish relocating or renovating old industrial zones in urban areas by 2022, China's cabinet said on Tuesday.
China has completed a national plan on urbanization, and is expected to publish it soon, the China Securities Journal reported on Tuesday.
As China bets heavily on urbanization to bolster the economy, land officials have underscored the need to maintain a "red line" minimum for arable land.
China's cabinet approved the establishment of new zones in Northwest China's Shaanxi and Guizhou provinces in the southwest, the latest move to open up inland regions.
China should pay more attention when building "smart" cities, which are an efficient and ecologically friendly way of spurring domestic consumption.
Measures are being taken to enable China's 260 million migrant workers to gain urbanite status and become integrated members of cities.
More than 100,000 Beijing residents — and rising — are trying to get their hands on a government-subsidized, affordable housing unit from the capital's first owner-occupier commercial property project.
A new national urbanization plan will be released and implemented next year, according to a statement from the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China.
Enterprises involved in government-led shantytown renovation are eligible for tax breaks if they meet certain conditions, authorities announced on Monday in an effort to encourage participation in the project.
New rules help keep violent incidents and confrontations in check.
China's Ministry of Culture published a couple of readjustments on policies regarding the cultural sector in the pilot free trade zone in Shanghai.
China's banking regulator has revised the rules for the operation of rural financial institutions to step up supervision of small and medium-sized ones.