Shanghai: Shanghai is going to pilot housing safety management measures including introducing a housing pension scheme in the city’s Pudong New Area this year, an effort to garner experience to better facilitate existing housing upgrade and enhance people’s housing quality and living environment.
It was mentioned by Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng during a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress on Tuesday along with other issues, including employment stabilization, government-subsidized rental housing development, housing safety management and electric bicycle management.
The housing safety management system will be piloted in districts including Pudong New Area this year, which will be expanded across the city next year based on the results of these trials. Measures including regular inspections of residential buildings, introduction of a housing safety insurance system and the creation of a housing pension scheme will be conducted.
“By adhering to development for the people, we will strive to improve the basic public service system, strengthen people’s inclusive, basic and comprehensive livelihood, build a resilient and safe city at accelerated pace, and spare no effort to ensure people’s happiness and safety,” Gong said. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
