The Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress of China held a press conference in the press conference hall of the Media Center. Zheng Zhajie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Lan Foan, Minister of Finance, Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce, Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, and Wu Qing, Chairman of the China Supervision and Administration Commission, answered questions related to urbanization. Zheng Shajie said that there is still huge room for improvement in China's urbanization, and will further implement the new urbanization strategy, release the potential of domestic demand, and put forward a new strategy to focus on promoting urbanization.
First of all, there is still great potential for urbanization in the central and western regions. There is still a lot of room for improvement in China's overall urbanization, and the strategy of new urbanization will be implemented in depth to continuously release the potential of domestic demand. Therefore, the focus will be on promoting the strategy of urbanization.
Second, we should focus on people-oriented and accelerate the urbanization of the agricultural transfer population. We will deepen the reform of the household registration system, fully implement the requirement that the restrictions on household registration be lifted in cities with a permanent population of less than 3 million, and focus on solving the problems of education, housing security, and social insurance for the children of the rural migrant population, and promote the equalization of basic services for the permanent population.
In addition, we will highlight coordinated development and cultivate and build a modern metropolitan area. The metropolitan area is an effective way to promote the transformation of the development mode of super large cities and promote the coordinated development of large, medium and small cities.
Finally, it is necessary to highlight and make up for shortcomings and improve the level of urban safety and resilience. Focusing on the central urban areas with large population density, we will do a good job in urban projects in key areas, and steadily implement urban renewal actions, including promoting the transformation of old urban communities, promoting the construction of affordable housing, strengthening urban flood control, and accelerating the construction of underground hidden pipe network projects, so as to create a livable, resilient and smart city.