Li Ya’nan, People’s Daily
Large-scale housing renovation for shantytowns and old residential buildings was carried out by the government of Urumqi, China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this year, benefitting a total of 91,000 households in the city.
The government renovated residents’ kitchens and bathrooms, as well as water supply and drainage systems. Besides, old buildings have also been installed with elevators. So far, most of these projects have been finished.
The building where Mei Zuyuan, a 77-year-old Urumqi citizen lives was installed with an elevator. “It’s much easier to go up and down with the elevator,” Mei said.
Adili Suronduk who lives in the same residential area with Mei, was always troubled by sewage clogging. “The government’s renovation projects of kitchens, bathrooms and sewage pipelines solved big problems for us,” the man said.
The newly added insulating layers of the buildings, road expansion of the residential area, as well as the cables newly buried all lifted the appearance the community where he has lived for over 20 years, Adili told People’s Daily.
Zhu Zuocheng, director of the quality inspection office for engineering projects of Saybag District, Urumqi said that the district was helping old residential areas in the district renovate their buildings, and around 120,000 residents from 30,300 households will benefit from the project.
“The renovation includes elevator installation, kitchen and bathroom makeover, energy-saving projects and improvement of supporting facilities in residential areas,” Zhu said.
“They decorated our kitchen and bathroom even better than we did, making our home more comfortable,” said Zhao Yongqiang who lives in a residential area near Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum. 650 neighbors of him in the area renovated their houses this time, and the expenses were partially shouldered by the government.
“We are more than happy to see the drastic changes of our living environment, and we didn’t pay much,” Zhao noted.
Kyimu Abuliz is a man who had a profound experience of the changes happening to the living environment. He and his family lived in a small house of only a dozen of square meters in Heijiashan neighborhood where unapproved constructions prevailed and sewage flew everywhere. According to him, he had to fetch water outside the region and heat his house by coal-burning.
Now, after housing demolition and reconstruction, the neighborhood has been turned into one with modern buildings surrounded by trees and flowers, and the residents are living in harmony. A 2,500-square meter comprehensive farm produce market was built near the neighborhood to offer daily necessities for the residents.
Kyimu now lives in an 80-suqare meter house and secures a job under the assistance of local government.
Since Xinjiang launched the “Livelihood-building Year” initiative in 2010, at least 70 percent of the regional government’s public fiscal expenditure has been spent on improving livelihood. As the government rolls out constant projects to advance public welfare, the difficulties of the people have been tackled one after another. The efforts to improve people’s livelihood, as well as the efficiency and results, are all unprecedented.
乌鲁木齐改造老旧住宅逾九万户
人民日报记者 李亚楠
在新疆维吾尔自治区林业和草原局家属院，77岁的梅祖元再也不用为爬楼梯发愁了，“加装电梯之后，上下楼真是方便多了。”
同住这个小区的阿地理•苏荣都克住一楼，曾为经常堵塞的下水道头疼不已：“这次厨房、卫生间的下水管道改造，解决了我们的大问题。还有楼房外墙加装保温层、院子里道路扩宽、空中的电线埋入地下，这些都让我觉得住了20多年的小区变得更美了。”
乌鲁木齐市沙依巴克区建设工程质量安全监督站站长祝左成说：“区里正在实施老旧小区功能完善项目，3.03万户、约12万居民将从中受益，改造内容包含加装电梯、厨卫改造、建筑节能工程、完善小区内配套设施。”
在博物馆住宅小区，居民赵勇强告诉记者，“厨卫改造后的效果比我们自己装修的还好，住着更舒心了。”在这个小区，和赵勇强家的房子一起改造的还有650户，政府和居民共同承担改造费用。他说：“生活环境变化这么大，出钱也不多，心里高兴着呢！”
2019年，乌鲁木齐市对中心城区的老旧住宅小区开展了大规模房屋综合改造工作。通过厨卫改造、上下水管线改造、加装电梯等方式分批次分阶段实施，全年共改造9.1万户，目前已基本完工。
居民克依木•阿布力孜对生活环境的变化体会尤深。过去他家里几口人挤在黑甲山片区十几平方米的小房子里。以前提起黑甲山，他总是摇头：私搭乱建多，吃水要去外面挑，取暖烧煤炉，污水遍地流。如今，经过拆迁重建的黑甲山已是高楼林立、绿草茵茵，居民和谐相处。克依木回迁住进了80平方米的房子，还在政府的帮助下找到了工作。离居民区不远的黑甲山综合农贸市场，2500平方米的大棚保障了附近居民的日常生活所需。
据悉，自2010年开展“民生建设年”行动以来，新疆持续兑现“每年70%以上的公共财政支出用于民生”这一承诺，事关百姓冷暖的难点堵点被一一破解，事关衣食住行的惠民工程接连开工，民生建设力度之大、效率之高、受益之广前所未有
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