Housing and Urban Upgrading in Yantai, China

In order to give readers a broad picture
of the background and context, the first
chapter examines the housing problems in
China up until the late 1980s. The second
chapter describes China’s subsequent awesome achievements in housing and urban
development in the face of rapid urbanization.
Chapter 3 focuses on case studies in
Yantai and describes the types of housing
and urban upgrading initiatives that have
taken place there. Finally, we examine how
the housing and urban upgrading projects
are financed in China. One point to keep
in mind is that after the major 1988 reform,
China encouraged innovation in housing
and urban issues, resulting in many local
variations in policies. Therefore, Yantai’s
specific experience cannot be seen as encapsulating
all the approaches that have
been adopted over the years in China.