Liaoning Province Implements Urban Renewal Actions with Clear Application Paths and Design Guidelines

Strategic Insights -

Liaoning Province, in response to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's list of replicable experiences and practices in implementing urban renewal actions, has introduced two notable initiatives. Firstly, the province's "Guidelines for Pursuing Project Funds in the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Sector (2024)" clarifies the application path for project funds, categorizing support funds into seven types and detailing key support directions, application points, and procedures. This move aims to guide various cities in securing project funds and promoting the early implementation and effectiveness of projects. Secondly, Shenyang City has developed street renewal design guidelines, proposing the "U-shaped space full-element renewal" principle and detailing 54 guidelines for the transformation of urban street spaces. The guidelines, exemplified by Nanjing Street's optimized road sections, undergrounding of power and communication lines, and uniform updates of human settlement facilities, aim to systematically reshape urban street spaces.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has identified two replicable experiences and practices in implementing urban renewal actions: Liaoning Province's clear application path for urban renewal project funds and Shenyang's use of urban design guidelines to coordinate street renewal work.
  • The "Guidelines for Pursuing Project Funds in the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Sector (2024)" categorizes support funds into seven types, including central budget investment, local government special bonds, and foreign bank financing.
  • Shenyang City's street renewal design guidelines propose the "U-shaped space full-element renewal" principle and detail 54 guidelines for the transformation of urban street spaces.
  • Nanjing Street's optimized road sections, undergrounding of power and communication lines, and uniform updates of human settlement facilities are cited as examples of the successful implementation of these guidelines.
  • The guidelines aim to guide various cities in securing project funds, promoting the early implementation, and effectiveness of projects, and systematically reshaping urban street spaces.

Statistics:

  • Seven categories of support funds are categorized in the "Guidelines for Pursuing Project Funds in the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Sector (2024): central budget investment, local government special bonds, special treasury bonds, policy bank funds, infrastructure REITs, foreign bank financing, and provincial special funds.
  • 54 guidelines are detailed in Shenyang City's street renewal design guidelines for the transformation of urban street spaces.
  • Nanjing Street has fully utilized urban design methods to optimize road sections, promote the undergrounding of power and communication lines, and integrate traffic signs, streetlights, and other poles.

Sources:

  • Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: https://www.mohurd.gov.cn/
  • Liaoning Province Government: https://www.ln.gov.cn/