Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan on Monday said China should improve
its city planning.
The first 20 years of the 21st century is a crucial period for
China's urbanization, said Zeng in the written speech to the first
annual conference on Chinese urban development and planning.
Land, water and energy conservation should be the primary
considerations in city planning and historical culture should also
be given better protection, he said.
Zeng also stressed the need for more coordination in the
development of rural and urban areas.
With the theme of building energy-saving and
environmentally-friendly Chinese cities, the conference attracted
more than 1,000 participants from China and abroad.
Participants compared city planning and housing systems of China
and other countries.
(Xinhua News Agency June 20, 2006)
