Chen Zhenggao, minister of housing and urban-rural development
China plans to renovate 20 million units in its shantytowns during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), which is an unprecedented number, but Chen has high confidence in the initial preparations.
The 2016 plans for the shantytown renovations are already ready, about two months earlier than expected, the governments have raised the necessary subsidies and loans from China Development Bank also have been obtained.
Transport Minister Yang Chuantang
China is going to promote public transportation as the primary way to ease traffic congestion, which is a universal problem, as it is less polluting, and can transport more people, said Yang. Delegates from some provinces proposed to charge more fees for drivers in certain sections of road in busy traffic hours, as a way to divert traffic. As different areas have different conditions, measures to ease congestion need to vary too. We need to stay positive to find the proper solutions.
Li Liguo, minister of civil affairs
The number of beds in nursing institutions and community day-care centers nationwide has reached 6.69 million, realizing the target set in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). The average number of nursing beds for per 1,000 seniors is 30.2.
By the Internet Plus, the government will establish an integrated information platform for elderly care and build nursing homes without walls in certain areas through which the elderly can enjoy services including daily care and fee payment.
