Notice on the Issuance of the "Guidelines for the Development and Construction of High-Quality Residential Buildings in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region"

Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureaus of all leagues and cities, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureaus of Manzhouli City and Erenhot City:
 

In order to meet the rigid and improvement housing needs of the people, encourage real estate companies to build high-quality residential buildings that satisfy the people, assist the transformation and upgrading of the real estate industry in the region, and promote the high-quality development of the real estate industry, we hereby issue the "Guiding Opinions on the Development and Construction of High-Quality Residential Buildings in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" to you, along with the "Technical Guidelines for the Construction of High-Quality Residential Buildings in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region". Please implement them according to local conditions. If you encounter problems in your actual work, please provide timely feedback, and our department will make adjustments as necessary.

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department

September 29, 2024

Guiding Opinions on the Development and Construction of High-Quality Residential Buildings in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
 

Building high-quality residential buildings is an effective measure to adapt to the new development stage of the regional real estate market, which has shifted from a total shortage to a structural supply shortage. It fully implements the new development concept, actively constructs a new development pattern, and proactively responds to new challenges and solves new problems. In order to implement the requirements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the "Implementation Plan for Supporting the High-Quality Development of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" proposed at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee, we strive to build high-quality residential buildings that satisfy the people, and hereby propose the following guiding opinions.

I. Overall Requirements

Guided by Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress and the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee, adhering to the people-centered development philosophy, with the awareness of building a shared community for the Chinese nation as the main line, meeting the rigid and improvement housing needs of the people, improving policies and measures in planning, design, construction, acceptance, and maintenance of high-quality residential buildings, guiding real estate companies to aim at enhancing housing quality and living environment, using new materials, new processes, and new technologies to build high-quality residential buildings that are safe, durable, healthy, comfortable, green, low-carbon, smart, and convenient.

II. Key Tasks

(1) Strengthen quality control measures. Before the construction of the project begins, the general contracting enterprise shall submit the "Quality Problem Prevention Plan for High-Quality Residential Buildings" to the real estate development enterprise and the local housing and urban-rural development department's quality safety supervision agency based on the actual situation of the project and current quality standards, listing preventive measures for common quality issues such as leakage, hollow sounds, cracking, poor sound insulation, pipe blockage, poor sealing, and smoke backflow. Real estate development enterprises should reasonably determine construction periods and costs, establish and improve the quality management system for engineering projects, organize acceptance in a timely manner, fully implement the "Residential Quality Certificate", "Residential Quality Warranty", and "Residential Quality User Manual", and establish a quality follow-up and complaint handling system. Design units should carefully prepare design guidance documents for high-quality residential projects, play a technical guidance role throughout the construction process, prepare guidance documents for key difficulties in design and construction technology, solve issues related to material durability, moisture-proofing, sound insulation, energy conservation, etc., and actively participate in the research and preparation of technical promotion catalogs. Supervision units are responsible for supervising the quality of building materials and construction processes, strictly implementing witness sampling and on-site re-inspection systems, ensuring that building materials and construction processes meet relevant standards and design requirements. Housing and urban-rural development departments in all leagues and cities should establish and improve quality, safety, and operation supervision measures for high-quality residential buildings, enhancing the standardization and refinement of construction supervision.

(2) Eliminate safety risks. Strictly implement the safety responsibilities of all parties involved in construction, fully consider safety hazard response measures in planning and design stages, including seismic level setting, structural component load capacity, safety evacuation routes, fire detection and alarm systems, monitoring systems, access control systems, gas leak detection alarms, and electric vehicle charging safety. Indoor doors that do not require fire protection and affect each other when opened should be set as inward-opening doors, maintaining sufficient opening distance. The entrances and exits of underground parking lots should have canopies, water barriers, and organized drainage, and the ground of underground parking lots should use wear-resistant, non-slip, and dust-free surfaces. The combustion performance level of external insulation materials should be higher than current standards, and fire isolation zones should be properly set. The installation positions of outdoor air conditioning units should meet the size requirements for installation and maintenance space, and should not affect the overall design style of the building's exterior. The operation of outdoor air conditioning units should not affect adjacent houses. The water supply pressurization, pipeline systems, and transformer substations in the community should be convenient for maintenance. Kitchens should have floor drains and effectively organize drainage. Electric vehicle charging facilities should be specially designed, and underground electric vehicle parking spaces should be equipped with corresponding fire-fighting facilities.

(3) Improve residential functionality. The design of high-quality residential buildings should fully and accurately reflect the people-centered development concept, considering trends in residential needs, population structure, and lifestyle changes, reducing the floor area ratio to effectively increase the usable area, reasonably designing living, entertainment, and bathroom spaces, achieving separation of dynamic and static areas, dry and wet separation, clean and dirty separation, and ensuring livability, with storage space or flexible variable space. Optimize indoor space and layout to extend lighting time. Various pipelines should be concentrated in the ceiling and maintenance openings should be reserved in appropriate locations. For those using new air conditioning units, whole-house water purification systems, direct drinking water coverage systems, smart home control systems, fire smoke and temperature sensing, integrated kitchens and bathrooms, modular partition walls, and pipeline separation technologies, the structural height of the residential building should not be less than 3.2 meters. Kitchen and bathroom vertical shafts should be set separately, using mechanical ventilation systems or reserving conditions for installing mechanical ventilation systems. Each residential unit with an elevator should have at least one elevator that can accommodate a stretcher, and the entrance hall, corridor, and other areas connected to the elevator should meet the conditions for stretcher turning and entry.

(4) Enhance the level of supporting facilities. High-quality residential communities should be equipped with elderly care service facilities according to a standard of no less than 20 square meters of building area per hundred households, and should be equipped with barrier-free facilities according to the construction standards for barrier-free facilities. Fixed fitness activity venues, owners' committee offices, childcare and elderly care centers, community party building activity rooms, community canteens, and other service facilities should be set up to create a strong atmosphere of cohabitation, co-learning, co-construction, sharing, cooperation, and enjoyment. The living environment of high-quality residential buildings should be planned and constructed with public spaces for residents to relax or engage in fitness activities, with the area for concentrated green spaces not less than 10% of the residential area. Achieve separation of pedestrian and vehicle traffic, encouraging parking space allocation standards of no less than 1:1.5, with parking space dimensions not less than 6 meters by 3 meters, and reserving electric vehicle charging facilities or equipping charging piles.

(5) Promote green and low-carbon technologies. The construction of high-quality residential buildings should incorporate green and low-carbon concepts, using healthy, environmentally friendly, green, and recyclable new building materials, and fully implementing green building standards of one star or above throughout the entire process of project planning, design, construction drawing review, construction, acceptance, operation, and maintenance. Projects that have been completed and accepted are encouraged to apply for corresponding star-level green building evaluation labels.The external wall insulation of residential buildings should prioritize the use of integrated insulation structure technology.Solar photovoltaic or solar thermal systems should be installed, and residential buildings with public corridors and internal atriums should take effective drainage and anti-icing measures. Public spaces within buildings should reserve heating channels, and underground spaces such as basements, underground parking lots, elevator shafts, and equipment maintenance rooms in high-quality residential communities should achieve full coverage of communication signals. Community roads and parking spaces should use permeable concrete or paving bricks, and the materials for building facades should be high-quality materials that are dirt-resistant, aging-resistant, and easy to clean, encouraging the use of green-certified building materials.

(6) Implement a menu-style full decoration model. Encourage high-quality residential interior decoration styles and building materials to adopt a "menu-style" selectable decoration model to meet the personalized and functional decoration needs of home buyers. Explore customized indoor fine decoration delivery models to avoid damage to the structure, function, and materials of the house due to secondary decoration, reducing environmental pollution and material waste. Public areas within residential buildings should be fully decorated upon delivery, and the decoration standards for public areas in the same community should remain consistent. Residential properties delivered using the "menu-style" full decoration model should clearly specify the brands and models of decoration materials, equipment parameters, decoration costs, and the effects achieved after decoration in the commodity housing sales contract. Decoration costs should only be included in the purchase price and not counted as the basis for public area maintenance fund contributions.

(7) Enhance the intelligence level of residential properties. At the design stage, the latest technological achievements in building habitation should be integrated, fully incorporating new generation information technologies such as 5G, the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, and BIM technology into the design of residential use, bringing convenience to residents through technological iteration and upgrade advantages. Relying on modern smart technology support, improve the intelligence, remote control, smart security, access control, automatic monitoring and alarm, and emergency call service functions of residential properties. For different groups such as the elderly, young people, and children, improve living comfort through different scenario settings that cater to their living habits and special needs. Focus on the goal of building high-quality residential properties and establish a high-quality residential construction system expert database. Actively guide higher education institutions, research institutes, industry associations, and related enterprises to participate in the research and promotion of smart home devices.

(8) Promote the sale of existing houses. Address prominent issues in the current pre-sale system of commodity housing, such as delayed delivery, unfinished projects, and discrepancies in goods, to protect market fairness and the legitimate interests of home buyers. Gradually implement the sale of existing houses, accelerating pilot work for existing house sales in Hohhot, Tongliao, Ordos, Ulanqab, and Xingan League. Other leagues and cities can determine whether to choose the existing house sales model for high-quality residential projects based on actual conditions. For high-quality residential projects that do not choose the existing house sales model, the pre-sale conditions should be gradually increased to the project's main structure topping out, based on strengthening the supervision of pre-sale funds.

(9) Standardize the checklist acceptance process. Strictly implement the "inspection before acceptance" system to ensure the home buyer's right to know about the information regarding the purchase of residential properties and the supervision of construction quality. Enterprises should provide home buyers with a checklist for inspection, indicating relevant information that should be communicated to home buyers, such as acceptance, use, maintenance, equipment facilities, and color specifications. Encourage qualified enterprises to organize joint inspections of the structure, function, materials, and equipment of residential properties and obtain acceptance certificates such as the "Residential Quality Warranty," "Residential User Manual," "Comprehensive Acceptance Certificate for Real Estate Development Projects," and "Completion Acceptance Filing Form," gradually achieving the delivery of houses along with certificates.

(10) Improve the housing warranty inspection system. Further improve the engineering quality and safety supervision mechanism, encouraging the active implementation of regular housing inspections through market-oriented means. For parts, materials, and equipment with warranty agreements in the contract, key information affecting use, such as maintenance periods and standards, should be clearly stated in the contract. The warranty periods and standards for major materials and equipment used in high-quality residential construction should not be lower than the current quality warranty requirements of the autonomous region and should gradually achieve a lifespan equal to that of the building structure. Real estate development enterprises should establish quality follow-up and complaint handling mechanisms, and should follow up with home buyers on the housing usage situation within six months before the end of the warranty period. Real estate development enterprises should promptly address quality issues that arise within the warranty scope and period. High-quality residential properties can establish a regular inspection system and generate a dedicated QR code for easy inquiry. Real estate development enterprises (or property service enterprises) should promptly report and address issues and hidden dangers discovered during inspections.

(11) Enhance property service levels. Encourage property service enterprises to actively expand service areas, extend service resources, and broaden service content, actively exploring new models of "property service + life service" to meet residents' new demands through innovative property services such as integrated medical care, home-based elderly care, housekeeping, residential management, child care, and community canteens. Actively promote the intelligent operation and maintenance of property services, safety management, and energy efficiency improvements. Guide property service enterprises to effectively reduce various property operation energy consumption through scientific management, technological transformation, and behavioral guidance while ensuring basic requirements for property management and service quality, maximizing resource savings and environmental protection. Promote the establishment of a community owner committee evaluation mechanism and a negative review elimination mechanism, urging the owners' assembly to perform its duties in accordance with the law and coordinate the resolution of property service disputes.

Three, Guarantee Measures

(1) Strengthen organizational coordination. The Autonomous Region's Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will lead the organization of high-quality residential construction work in the region. Guide each league and city to refine plans and measures based on the design, development, construction, and management requirements of high-quality residential properties, establishing a "real estate linkage, one city one policy" mechanism to promote residential projects to gradually achieve "quality for price." Housing and urban-rural development departments in each league and city should take advantage of the new opportunities presented by the construction of high-quality residential properties to actively communicate and plan with various departments and units, introducing and establishing relevant industrial chains and supply chains locally to create more job opportunities.

(2) Strengthen incentive guidance. Starting in 2025, each league's administrative office and cities where municipal governments are located can encourage and support social investment in the construction of high-quality residential projects. Projects recognized as high-quality residential properties by the housing and urban-rural development authorities of the respective leagues and cities may have their sales registration price limits appropriately relaxed. Encourage banks and other financial institutions to provide financial credit support for qualified high-quality residential real estate projects. For home buyers using housing provident fund loans to purchase high-quality residential properties, the housing provident fund loans may be supported according to national and autonomous region regulations.

(3) Promote demonstration and leadership. Carry out pilot work for high-quality residential construction, organizing the selection and recommendation of high-quality residential properties across the region based on the progress of pilot work in various places, selecting a batch of representative demonstration projects with high public satisfaction and significant social impact, and timely organizing on-site observations of demonstration projects to play a leading role. By supporting the construction of pilot demonstration projects, promote the transformation and application of new technologies, new products, and new equipment such as green buildings, prefabricated buildings, BIM technology, fully decorated residential properties, green building materials, and smart devices.

(4) Increase publicity efforts. Increase publicity efforts through the selection of high-quality residential demonstration projects and evaluation of pilot projects. Adhere to the main line of strengthening the awareness of the Chinese national community, and enhance the management of naming approvals for residential communities and buildings. Actively promote advanced experiences and innovative practices of high-quality residential properties in design, construction, delivery, operation, and maintenance, enhancing the awareness, attention, and participation of society, the market, enterprises, and the public in high-quality residential properties, encouraging real estate development enterprises to increase the construction of high-quality residential projects, building greener, more efficient, more beautiful, and lower energy-consuming smart high-quality residential properties.