Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国住房和城乡建设部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Zhùfáng Hé Chéngxiāng Jiànshèbù
Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Agency overview
Formed	15 March 2008
Jurisdiction	People's Republic of China
Headquarters	Beijing
Minister responsible	Wang Menghui
Parent agency	State Council
Website	http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) 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. It was formerly known as the Ministry of Construction (Chinese: 建设部; pinyin: Jiànshèbù).

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 Ministers

№	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Lin Hanxiong (林汉雄)	April 1988	March 1991
2	Hou Jie (侯捷)	March 1991	March 1998
3	Yu Zhengsheng	March 1998	November 2001
4	Wang Guangtao (汪光焘)	November 2001	March 2008
5	Jiang Weixin	March 2008	June 2014
6	Chen Zhenggao	June 2014	June 2017
7	Wang Menghui	June 2017	Incumbent

See also

• Urban Planning Society of China
• Ministries of China

External links

• Official website