Urban renewal key to building smart cities

An aerial view of a business service center in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei province. - Chinadaily.com.cn

BEIJING: China has been implementing the urban renewal project to help build livable, green, resilient and smart cities, as well as to bolster the country’s high-quality development and develop better housing units for the people.

The urban renewal project is by no means putting “old wine in a new bottle”. Instead, it is a new concept and model that respects all the rules of urban development, and promotes urban transformation and upgrading, in order to realise sustainable development.