According to a report by the People's Daily on October 28th, with the steady implementation of urban renewal actions, significant results have been achieved in the renovation of old urban residential areas. In terms of improving the long-term management mechanism of renovated residential areas, various regions are actively exploring and practicing - Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is building a state-owned property platform system to integrate scattered adjacent residential areas and buildings into a new property service area; Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province actively collects feedback from the public on the renovation effect of old residential areas and actively solves the problem of not being covered by previous renovations; The Wenxiang area of Jiangchuan District, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, has attempted to collect parking management fees and open up vacant parking spaces to the public while meeting the parking needs of residents, effectively alleviating the financial pressure of long-term management of old residential areas... According to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development in August this year, since 2019, a total of 258800 new urban old residential areas have been renovated, 326000 kilometers of aging pipelines such as water, electricity, heating have been upgraded, 125000 elevators have been installed, 72700 community service facilities such as elderly care and childcare have been added, 3.6 million parking spaces have been added, 117000 electric vehicle charging piles have been added, and 755000 electric bicycle charging piles have been added... Through renovation, the living comfort and safety resilience of old residential areas have been greatly improved, with more than 44 million households. About 110 million residents have benefited from this. The achievements are obvious to all, but the renovation of old residential areas also faces some new problems. For example, newly added fitness equipment and unit doors that have been damaged and left unattended, newly built community public service spaces that have been closed to customers for a long time, and fire exits that have been occupied have resurfaced, and so on. The reason for this is that the renovation of old residential areas involves many links and complex engineering, which inevitably leads to inadequate connections; Secondly, after the renovation of old residential areas, the proportion of property service enterprises settling in is relatively low, and the main focus is still on self-management by owners or units, resulting in insufficient professional service; Thirdly, there are still some issues that have not been covered during the renovation, such as low satisfaction among residents who are unwilling to pay property fees, which further exacerbates the financial difficulties of property services. In addition, the lack of public awareness and public morality among some residents also affects the hard won renovation results to a certain extent. Completing the renovation of old urban residential areas is only the first step. To ensure that these areas do not quickly "return to old" after upgrading and can maintain their new appearance for a longer period of time, relevant parties need to do a good job in the "second half of the article" from "improvement" to "management". This not only requires more "looking back" and "repeatedly looking", timely intervention and disposal of related legacy issues, but also needs to explore and establish sustainable management and maintenance models in terms of personnel, funds, systems, etc. as soon as possible, to consolidate the achievements of the renovation of old residential areas through long-term mechanisms, and better achieve the fine and good governance of old residential areas. In fact, some places are actively exploring and practicing to do a good job in the latter half of this article. Some places adopt methods such as questionnaire surveys and random home visits to identify and make precise adjustments to renovation projects; Some places are exploring a "district style property management" approach where a professional property enterprise enters multiple old residential areas in a district, allowing many old residential areas to bid farewell to the era of no property management; Some old residential areas are integrating and revitalizing existing resources, increasing commercial revenue through multiple channels, and filling the gap in subsequent management and maintenance funds... At the same time, the housing and construction department is urgently studying and establishing systems such as housing physical examinations, striving to build a long-term mechanism for housing safety management throughout the entire life cycle. Behind these impressive innovative explorations is the concept of adapting to local conditions and keeping pace with the times, and the drive to ask the people for their needs and plans. From the stage of "who will make the changes, what will be changed, and how to make the changes" in the transformation phase to the stage of "who will manage, what will be managed, and how to manage" in the subsequent results consolidation phase, it is inevitable to solve some "old and difficult" problems and tackle some "hard bones". The successful practices that have been tested in practice can be borrowed and continued, which is actually a process of brainstorming, promoting the continuous improvement and progress of relevant governance and work. The renovation of old residential areas is a livelihood project, a popular project, and also a social governance project. Improving the long-term management mechanism of renovated residential areas and doing a good job in the "second half" of the renovation of old residential areas is a difficult task and requires a lot of effort and patience. We look forward to the concerted efforts and active exploration and practice of relevant parties to gather more governance wisdom and courage, so that old residential areas can "grow new" after renovation, allowing more and more residents to enjoy a better and higher quality of life, and continuously improving the "appearance" and temperament of the city. (New Society)