Cai Yingbo
SHENZHEN Party chief Liu Yupu had direct communication with local residents focusing on topics relating to people’s livelihood such as education, medicare and housing prices on a call-in radio program yesterday.
During the one-hour program, residents expressed their concerns over high property prices, high school fees and a shortage of school places, price hikes and public security as well as traffic jams.
Liu said he would pass the concerns to relevant departments and have them resolved as soon as possible.
The city would build or expand 100 schools and six hospitals in the near future to satisfy the needs of residents, said Liu, responding to a migrant worker at Hasee Computer Co.
A migrant worker surnamed Yu called in and said it was still impossible for ordinary workers like him to purchase apartments.
“The average price of apartments in Shenzhen has decreased to 11,000 yuan (US$1,571) per square meter compared to that recorded at the end of last year,” said Liu. To guarantee housing supply, especially for low-income families, Liu said the city had allocated 6,006 apartments and planned to offer more than 100,000 apartments in the years ahead.
For the healthy development of the city’s industries, Liu said Shenzhen would continue to develop the high-tech industry and promote advanced projects in the next few years, gradually transferring labor-intensive industries to other cities in Guangdong. He said the city planned to build industrial parks in neighboring cities and other regions in northwestern provinces.
It was the first time that Liu had been on a call-in program since he started his tenure in Shenzhen in January this year. He promised to listen to the concerns of local residents and communicate with them directly through the call-in radio program every three months.