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The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction (Chinese: ????????, Pinyin: Zhùfáng hé Chéngxiangjiànshè Bù) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of China which provides housing and regulates the state construction activities in the country.
History
As part of US$586 billion economic stimulus package of November 2008, the government plans to [1]:
- Housing: increase the construction of more affordable and low-rent housing and the speeding up of slum demolition, to initiate a pilot program to rebuild rural homes, and a program to encourage nomads to move into permanent housing.
- Rural infrastructure: improve roads and power grids in the countryside, and drinking water, including a huge project to divert water from the South to the North of China. Also, poverty relief initiatives will be strengthened.
List of Minsters
- Lin Hanxiong (???)
- Hou Jie (??)
- Yu Zhengsheng (???): 1998-2001
- Wang Guangtao (???): 2001-March 2008
- Jiang Weixin (???): March 2008-incumbent
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