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Building more homes that are safe, comfortable, eco-friendly and smart during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period is an important measure to practice a people-centric philosophy of development and fulfill people's aspirations for better lives. It is also a key pathway to promoting high-quality development of the construction sector and fostering new growth drivers for the national economy. This is not a linear upgrade in a single field, but a complex systems-based project involving shifts in concepts, restructuring of systems and improvements in efficiency. It requires adherence to systems thinking and coordinated efforts by government, the market and society, with full-chain, all-factor and whole-life-cycle collaboration.
Building more homes that are safe, comfortable, eco-friendly and smart goes beyond the traditional concept of residential space. They are an organic unity of safety and durability, health and comfort, intelligence and low carbon, a pleasant environment and humanistic harmony. It is reflected in three aspects. First, optimal life-cycle value: not only controllable construction costs, but also low energy consumption, low maintenance costs and high asset value over long-term use. Second, comprehensive satisfaction of multidimensional needs: solid and safe physical performance, healthy and livable environmental performance, flexible and adaptable functional performance, and convenient and efficient service performance. Third, symbiosis with cities, nature and communities: they are the basic cells of green, low-carbon cities, the background color of a beautiful Ch
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