Focus on people’s livelihood and practice ＂initial heart＂

In the northeast of the motherland, there is a land shaped like a flying swan. This beautiful and rich black land is the unique charm of Heilongjiang Province. Since the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, especially since the reform and opening up, hardworking and brave builders in Heilongjiang Province have strived for the first time, pioneering and innovating, making the urban and rural areas look earth-shaking and brand-new.

Yang Chunqing (left), Party Secretary and Director of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department of Heilongjiang Province, was interviewed by this reporter.

"Solve problems for the people and strengthen the city." A few days ago, Yang Chunqing, Party Secretary and Director of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department of Heilongjiang Province, made such a concise statement on the overall orientation of housing and urban-rural construction work when interviewed by this reporter.

Yang Chunqing said that housing and urban and rural construction are closely related to people’s livelihood, involving residential housing, property services, domestic garbage disposal, heating, water supply, gas supply, greening, municipal roads and many other aspects. We must always follow the spirit of the instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, firmly establish the people-centered development concept, and put serving the people to solve problems and keep the bottom line of people’s livelihood in a prominent position.

The reporter learned that Heilongjiang Province has always insisted on promoting resettlement, transforming old residential areas, ensuring water supply safety, and improving heating quality as concrete actions to implement the "initial heart" and "mission" of housing and urban and rural construction systems, speeding up scientific planning and organization, and carrying out in-depth special rectification, focusing on solving the worries, troubles and worries of a group of people.

Yang Chunqing told reporters that in view of the thorny problem that residents of some construction projects who have been expropriated and demolished cannot be relocated for a long time, the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department of Heilongjiang Province has carried out in-depth special rectification of the problem of overdue relocation of sheds and the special rectification of real estate "unfinished buildings".

Make a list and follow the progress. Heilongjiang Province organized a comprehensive investigation and sorting out of all localities, listed a list of overdue resettlement projects, and clarified the rectification measures and rectification time limit item by item; Establish a monthly report system and a sales number mechanism, track the progress one by one, track and supervise key and difficult projects such as the second phase of Harbin Huashu and Anbu business district, and issue supervision letters to cities and counties with slow progress in rectification, and conduct centralized interviews.

Give policy and strong guidance. Heilongjiang Province has successively issued the Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Resettlement and Accelerating the Handling of Property Right Certificates, Opinions on Improving Policies and Measures to Prevent and Resolve Letters and Calls in the Real Estate Sector in the Province, Opinions on Improving the Work of Shed Reform, Work Plan for Preventing Outstanding Problems in Shed Reform and Special Renovation, Work Plan for Carrying out Special Renovation of Unfinished Buildings in the Province, etc., to guide cities and counties to achieve classified policies and precise solutions.

Expand channels and raise funds. Heilongjiang Province actively communicates with the financial department, strives for bond support, and gives priority to the resettlement projects that are overdue for shed reform. This year, the province issued a total of 15.104 billion yuan of general bonds and special bonds for shed reform, of which 4.885 billion yuan was used to support the overdue resettlement projects for shed reform that still have a funding gap.

Through intensive promotion, since 2019, 12,777 households have been resettled in overdue resettlement projects in the province, including 11,992 households in shed reform projects such as Harbin Greenland Century City, Mudanjiang Beitaiping Road, Bei ‘an Lanjing Garden and huanan county Yifeng Times Square Project, and 785 households in non-shed reform projects such as Harbin Wanda Cultural Tourism City.

In recent years, Heilongjiang Province has continued to deepen the comprehensive renovation of old residential areas, focused on improving the level of property services, and made overall plans to solve the problems affecting residents’ living environment from both "hardware" and "software".

Set up a ledger and make a plan. Heilongjiang Province has established a provincial-level old residential renovation account and a property service account. This year, 436 renovation projects of old residential areas were reported to the state, with a total of 2,049 buildings and 9,637,200 square meters. It is estimated that the investment will be 1.156 billion yuan, benefiting more than 124,000 households.

Make a plan and ensure its implementation. Guide the city to prepare the "Annual Implementation Plan for Comprehensive Renovation and Renovation of Old Urban Residential Areas", coordinate the renovation contents item by item, clarify the renovation sequence, and ensure timely completion; The "Two-year Action Plan for Special Renovation of Property Service Management in Urban Residential Areas in the Province" was issued, which clarified the renovation contents, renovation stages and renovation measures, and guided the city to carry out special rectification work.

Grasp management and strengthen supervision. Heilongjiang Province has established a working mechanism of supervision and notification on the renovation of old residential areas in the province, developed a comprehensive renovation and renovation management system for old urban residential areas in the province, and realized the information management of the implementation of the city plan and the progress of the project.

The paper mill community in Longsha District, Qiqihar City, the earliest building was built in 1978, and all the former state-owned paper mill employees lived in it, which is a typical old community. After the enterprise reform, the residential area has been in a state of no property management for five years. Due to disrepair, the building leaks rain, the wall is hairy and cold, and the water supply and drainage pipelines are often blocked. The residential area is built privately, and the environment is dirty and messy. The residents of this residential area often petition. In 2016, Qiqihar City started the renovation of the community, and in that year, more than 1,800 violations were carried out in the community; In 2017, the community was completely renovated and upgraded, and the appearance of the community was greatly improved.

By the end of 2018, the province had renovated 108 million square meters of old urban communities with an investment of 14.73 billion yuan, benefiting 1.3 million households and more than 4 million people.

The quality and safety of urban water supply is directly related to people’s health, life safety and social stability. Focusing on the problems of substandard water quality and intermittent water supply in cities and towns, Heilongjiang Province has done a good job in water supply security from four aspects.

Grasp the special action. Since 2018, we have continued to promote the three-year action to improve the water quality of urban water supply, and all localities have actively promoted project construction around filling the shortcomings of water supply facilities. In the first half of 2019, 10 water supply facilities projects have been resumed, with an investment of 88 million yuan. From 2018 to 2019, Harbin plans to invest 350 million yuan to renovate 325 pumping stations or old secondary water supply facilities in the region to solve the problem of "difficulty in drinking water" for 97,700 residents. Suihua City has adopted the way of unified planning, unified construction and unified management, and has invested more than 30 million yuan to transform 59 residential pumping stations connected to the grid, benefiting more than 60,000 households.

Grasp the supervision and assessment. Heilongjiang Province has strengthened the standardized operation and management of water supply system, carried out special supervision on the water quality of 76 cities and counties in the province, and disclosed the water quality information of cities at or above the county level to the public every quarter.

Grasp the capital investment. The provincial finance of Heilongjiang Province allocated 656 million yuan of general bond funds for the new construction and renovation of water supply sources, water purification plants, pipe networks and secondary water supply facilities in cities and towns above the county level.

Grasp the problem and rectify it. Heilongjiang Province pays close attention to the feedback from the central environmental protection inspectors, and urges cities and counties to focus on solving the problems of unqualified drinking water quality, unqualified factory water quality, large leakage rate of pipe network and extensive management of secondary water supply.

By the end of 2018, there were 170 water purification plants in operation in cities above the county level in Heilongjiang Province, with a daily comprehensive production capacity of 6.969 million cubic meters, an annual total water supply of about 1.3 billion cubic meters, and a total length of 20,300 kilometers of water supply pipe network. The water supply penetration rate in cities and counties reached 98.48% and 88% respectively.

Heilongjiang is located in the frigid area, and heating is an important event related to people’s winter life. The Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Heilongjiang Province closely focuses on the mission goal of "every household meets the room temperature standard", puts key links in pulse heating, implements key tasks, and improves residents’ satisfaction with heating.

Scientific planning guidance. Organize all localities to do a good job in the preparation of special planning for urban heating, start the implementation of "one network and multiple sources" and smart heating for urban heating, and strengthen technical service guidance.

Carry out special rectification. Sorting out the outstanding problems exposed in the last heating season, such as insufficient heat source, old heating network and low efficiency of small boilers, and organizing the activities of "treating winter diseases in summer" to ensure the heating effect this winter.

Carry out law enforcement inspection. In view of the treatment of black and disorderly behavior in the heating market, the handling of complaints about heating letters and visits, and the hidden dangers of heating operation, we will organize self-inspection in various places and spot checks in provinces and cities to strengthen the supervision and management of the heating industry.

Ensure that coal is used for heating. In view of the grim situation of coal supply in the province in recent years, a hot coal supply guarantee mechanism has been established in conjunction with relevant departments, and the main responsibilities of enterprises and the government have been clarified, and the monitoring of coal storage for heating has been strengthened to ensure the demand for coal for heating.

Improve the service level. We organized a full-coverage "visiting people to ask for warmth" activity, and mobilized competent departments, communities and heating enterprises to jointly carry out home temperature measurement and solicit opinions. The province has visited and measured more than 100,000 households, not only sending heat sources to residents’ homes, but also sending the warmth of the party and the government to thousands of households.

Yang Chunqing said that in order to change people from "living in peace" to "livable" and continuously improve their quality of life, shantytown renovation, garbage and sewage treatment are the top priorities.

Heilongjiang is a national old industrial base, commodity grain production base, timber production base, coal production base and oil production base. From the founding of New China to the early stage of reform and opening up, Heilongjiang has always adhered to the idea of "production first, then life". While making great contributions to the country, urban infrastructure construction and urban residents’ housing conditions are relatively backward, and a large number of urban residents live in shanty towns with great security risks, lack of supporting infrastructure, poor environmental sanitation and dark and humid houses.

Since 2008, the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government have made major decision-making arrangements to promote the transformation of shanty towns on a large scale. The provinces, cities and counties have worked together to promote the shed reform. By the end of 2018, the province’s shed reform has started to build 3.295 million sets, with an accumulated investment of more than 440 billion yuan, and the housing conditions of nearly 10 million people with housing difficulties have been significantly improved.

Dongkejie shanty town in Daowai District is a large-scale centralized contiguous shanty town in Harbin, where old and dangerous buildings are concentrated, urban infrastructure such as roads and drainage are seriously damaged, sanitary conditions are poor, fire hazards are great, and people have a strong desire to transform.

Zhang Qingwei, secretary of Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee, went deep into shanty towns for investigation.

Under the direct care of Zhang Qingwei, secretary of the provincial party committee, Harbin took the relocation and reconstruction of Dongke Street shed reform project as the "No.1 Project", dispatched a large number of outstanding cadres, and set up 20 working groups, including relocation acceptance, agreement countersigning and difficult relief, to fully promote the project collection. In July this year, the relocation of 1,737 households was completed in only 20 days, which set a new record for the housing expropriation of large-scale shed reform projects in the province and responded to the concerns and expectations of the broad masses of the people with practical actions.

In recent years, Heilongjiang has conscientiously implemented the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on waste sorting, always insisted on high-level promotion, and consciously regarded waste sorting as an important livelihood fact. The provincial party committee and the provincial government have carried out field research for many times, held meetings and made arrangements, and solidly promoted waste sorting activities.

The reporter was informed that in recent years, Heilongjiang has been promoting the treatment of rural domestic waste in an overall way, clarifying the principle of "three classifications" of rural domestic waste, that is, "compostable waste, non-compostable waste and harmful waste", and setting the working goal of reducing rural domestic waste by 40% in 2020. At present, 2,774 of the 8967 administrative villages in the province have met the requirements of national governance, and 6,722 administrative villages have been equipped with 34,312 full-time and part-time cleaners. The counties (cities, districts) under the jurisdiction of Shuangyashan City, Jixi City and Suihua City have achieved full coverage of village cleaning.

Wang Wentao, Governor of Heilongjiang Province, is investigating the renovation of dangerous houses in rural areas.

Wang Wentao, the governor of Heilongjiang Province, attaches great importance to the treatment of urban domestic sewage, and has made many field investigations on the present situation and existing problems of sewage treatment. In view of the fact that the construction and operation of urban domestic sewage treatment facilities in Heilongjiang Province rank lower in the country, since the beginning of this year, various measures have been taken simultaneously and promoted at a high level, and good results have been achieved.

Yang Chunqing said that under the correct leadership of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, the housing and urban-rural construction system in Heilongjiang Province has conscientiously implemented the requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on housing and urban-rural construction, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, guided by Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, fully implemented the spirit of the Central City Work Conference, and made great efforts to promote "building houses, laying a foundation, strengthening management, and changing the face", further improving the housing conditions of the people, further improving the urban and rural environment, and further improving the comprehensive carrying capacity of municipal infrastructure. In the second batch of "Do not forget your initiative mind, Remember Mission" education, the housing and urban-rural construction system in Heilongjiang Province will focus on people’s livelihood and strive to further enhance the sense of acquisition and happiness of the broad masses of the people.