Shanghai Housing and Urban‑Rural Construction Commission issued its 15th Five‑Year plan, accelerating urban village (chengzhongcun) renovations: by end‑2026 fully launch overall urban‑village reconstruction projects and complete remediation/upgrades;

2026-09-03

Shanghai Housing and Urban‑Rural Construction Commission issued its 15th Five‑Year plan, accelerating urban village (chengzhongcun) renovations: by end‑2026 fully launch overall urban‑village reconstruction projects and complete remediation/upgrades; by end‑2027 complete preparatory work for those overall projects; advance planning‑led pilot implementations in parallel. Speed up renovation of old housing stocks: target to complete the remaining ~20,000 sqm of small‑beam, thin‑slab houses by end‑2026 and to largely finish renovation of non‑standard employee housing by end‑2030; promote renewal of non‑standard lane houses, apartments and garden residences.