During Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to this community last April, he noted that as a major aspect of the urban renewal, renovation of old residential communities is a project that delivers real benefits to local people.

During such renovations, historical structures and unique local characteristics should be preserved while efforts must be made to address practical concerns facing residents. It is important to summarize and promote experience in this regard to deliver more benefits to a larger number of community residents.

The southwestern municipality with over 32 million people is one of the first cities supported by the central government for urban renewal and its experiences and practices have been promoted nationwide. So far, 8,689 urban old neighborhoods have been renovated in Chongqing to improve the quality of people's living conditions.

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