According to data recently released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, 58000 new urban old residential areas will be renovated nationwide in 2024, exceeding the annual target of 54000. Since the beginning of this year, the State Council Executive Meeting and the National Urban Renewal Work Deployment Video Conference have successively studied, promoted, and implemented urban renewal, and various regions have also increased their efforts to introduce policies. In 2024, Chengdu will continue to promote the renovation of old urban communities, with 455 communities renovated throughout the year, an increase of 209.5% compared to the previous year. Looking at the whole country, many regions are continuously accelerating the pace of urban renewal. Drive to the "Zhenrujing" area in Putuo District, Shanghai, where commercial complexes, office buildings, theaters, parks, residential buildings, and other functions are all available. Who would have thought that this was the largest village in Shanghai center - Hongqi Village. Urban renewal not only improves the dilapidated appearance of urban villages, but also promotes industrial upgrading through the exchange of cages and birds Former cadre of the Hongqi Village Committee, Gui Weijun, said that this area used to be filled with numerous traditional primary markets, but now it is growing into a cluster of digital science and technology innovation industries. In 2024, Shanghai will accelerate the "Two Olds and One Village" renovation campaign, completing 136000 square meters of sporadic old renovation projects, 311100 square meters of complete renovation of old housing, and launching 21 urban village renovation projects. In Tianjin, various resource revitalization and renewal projects such as land, industry, commerce, academic circles, railway construction, and scenic buildings are being classified and promoted. At present, Tianjin has approved and tendered 29 urban renewal projects, and 22 projects including Xiannong Courtyard and First Machine Tool Factory have started construction. According to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, by 2024, the renovation of urban villages will expand to more than 300 cities, with 1790 urban village renovation projects implemented and 74000 dilapidated houses renovated. Multiple efforts are being made to promote high-quality urban development. Currently, China's urban development has entered a stage of stock optimization from incremental expansion. The executive meeting of the State Council proposed to adhere to the combination of problem oriented and goal oriented approaches, coordinate and promote the optimization of urban structure, improvement of functions, and enhancement of quality, and create livable, resilient, and smart cities. First undergo a physical examination, then update. The problems identified during the examination are the focus of the update and renovation. We continuously update and improve the physical examination index library, establish a normalized mechanism for public participation, and systematically search for difficult points and weak areas in the public's daily lives and urban development from six levels: housing, residential areas, communities, blocks, urban areas, and cities. Wei Haijun, Deputy Director of the Urban Renewal Department of the Tianjin Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban Rural Development, said that Tianjin is currently organizing the preparation of the annual implementation plan for urban renewal in 2025, clarifying the annual construction and investment content. Urban development is not about spreading the cake, especially in old urban areas. It is necessary to organically combine urban renewal with the preservation of historical context Chen Mingkun, the director of Chengdu Park City Construction and Development Research Institute, said. Adapting to the requirements of modern urban development and reshaping the city's image and functions is an important aspect of urban renewal. In Shanghai, the Panlong Tiandi commercial district, which has transformed from a city village butterfly into a rebirth, has integrated both historical context and new functions into the spatial texture of the ancient town, and is still seeking new changes to this day. The relevant person in charge of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban Rural Development stated that Shanghai is making every effort to revitalize inefficient land use, implement regional renewal and transformation, and achieve the dual improvement of high-quality development and high-quality life. According to the deployment of the National Conference on Housing and Urban Rural Development, by 2025, China will plan and implement a number of urban renewal and renovation projects, fully completing the task of renovating old urban residential areas built before the end of 2000. At the same time, we will continue to implement livelihood and development projects such as complete community construction, renovation and utilization of existing buildings, renewal and renovation of old neighborhoods, and construction and renovation of underground pipeline networks and corridors. Multiple measures should be taken simultaneously to establish a sustainable urban renewal mechanism. Urban renewal is a complex systematic project. The executive meeting of the State Council proposed to support various regions to innovate and explore according to local conditions, and establish a sound and sustainable urban renewal mechanism. In the view of Dong Yu, Executive Vice President of the China Development Planning Institute at Tsinghua University, urban renewal contains enormous market potential, and it is necessary to deepen the reform of urban construction, operation, and governance systems, establish sustainable urban renewal models and policies and regulations. Currently, various regions are exploring innovative urban renewal based on local conditions. In order to promote the revitalization and utilization of existing resources, Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province supports various implementing entities to develop new industries and formats using existing buildings, enhance public service functions, allow temporary changes in building use functions, establish a positive and negative list of function conversion, and maintain the same land use rights and land use for a five-year transition period. To further increase the funding guarantee for urban renewal, Chongqing regards government special bonds as an important source of funding for urban renewal, explores long-term project returns, and does a good job in "fat thin matching", strengthening the integration and investment of various funds. To strengthen resource coordination and industrial planning, Chengdu has designated 78 key renewal units and 119 general renewal units. Each district government will organize the preparation of implementation plans for renewal units, strengthen business operation planning, and guide project implementation in an orderly manner. The relevant person in charge of Chengdu Construction Engineering Group said that the more comprehensive the government's policies, plans, and guidelines are, the clearer the focus of enterprises' participation in urban renewal will be. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development stated that it is necessary to build a new model of urban management, improve the "one committee, one office, one platform", promote the integration of urban management into grassroots governance, form a new system of smart and efficient governance, and improve the scientific, refined, and intelligent level of urban management. (New Society)