East China’s Jiangsu province has regarded the renovation of old residential communities in the urban areas as a matter of great interest to the people, to the high quality development and to the high quality life in response to the policies of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council.
Early this year, Chen Hongrong, a resident of Nanjing, was given the key to his revamped home. The elderly couple is now busy decorating their new home with new furniture.
While the living conditions have improved significantly, the backyard of the old house has been transformed into a "community planning studio".
Merely one year ago, the old residential quarters here were surrounded by dark and damp streets, indicating a state of rude living conditions. In June last year, the government started a pilot project to renovate the old communities here with the government and residents taking care of the design and expenditure on a 50-50 basis.
The renovation project protects and preserves the original architectural pattern and traditional streets and lanes, and simultaneously promotes infrastructure construction, improves life and public services, complete municipal supporting functions, and makes people's lives more convenient and quality greatly improved. The story of the old southern part of the city has started a new continuation.
