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CHINA PRESS: Shantytown renovation programs need to adjust measures to local

conditions. Cities with a large inventory can still give subsidies to residents

for resettlement, Xinhua News Agency said, citing a manager at the Ministry of

Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MoHURD). Local governments should further

define the range and standard of shantytown renovation, the manager said. The

shantytown areas have renovated 3630 thousand houses in the first half of the

year, 62.5% of the goal for the whole year, the newspaper said. The manager

urges local governments to start new real estate projects as soon as possible

and strengthen the construction of supporting infrastructures in shantytown

areas.