Skip to main content
Government agency · Beijing

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

住房和城乡建设部

The national ministry for housing and urban-rural construction, including construction-market policy, engineering standards and housing regulation.

Primary sources reviewed
Reviewed
Institution typeGovernment agency JurisdictionNationwide (PRC)
Institution profile / — Government agency · Nationwide (PRC)

National rules for construction markets, housing and project quality

MOHURD develops national construction and housing frameworks, while project permits, contractor supervision, inspections and local housing measures are implemented through provincial and municipal departments. A project must be mapped by location, type, scale and participants.

What it doesDevelops housing and construction rules and standards, regulates important parts of the construction market and guides housing and urban development policy.
When it mattersRelevant to construction licensing and standards, contractor and project regulation, housing policy, engineering quality and urban development.

What falls within this authority’s remit

Separate project approval from contractor qualification, mandatory engineering standards, construction permitting, completion acceptance and local housing controls.

01

Construction activity, market participants and built-asset oversight

The ministry's framework covers construction permits, enterprise qualifications, engineering standards, project quality and safety, housing policy and urban-rural development administration.

Match the task to the official service

Use the route that corresponds to the filing, inquiry or administrative service you need.

01

Official website

Develops housing and construction rules and standards, regulates important parts of the construction market and guides housing and urban development policy.

Open official service

Rules, services and official notices

Start with primary institutional sources. Verify service links and procedural status before relying on a filing path.

Open official source
ResourceLanguageVersion / dateOpen
Official website
Chinese Live — editor-verified accessible 2026-09-18
State Council English ministries directory
English Secondary orientation

Approvals and duties across a construction project

These concepts distinguish permission to build, technical compliance, participant qualifications and responsibility for finished-project quality.

01

construction permit

Project-specific authorization to begin covered construction work after required planning, land, design and other prerequisites are satisfied.

Research tag
02

engineering standard

A technical rule for design, construction, materials or acceptance; mandatory provisions can define baseline compliance independently of contract terms.

Research tag
03

housing

Residential property and housing-policy regulation, including local measures that may differ from construction-market requirements.

Research tag
04

contractor

An enterprise undertaking construction work whose qualification category and grade may limit the project types and scale it can perform.

Research tag
05

project quality

Compliance of survey, design, materials and construction with required standards, supported by inspection, acceptance and participant accountability.

Research tag
Continue research

From institution to market context

Pair this institution profile with the Beijing legal-market guide when that destination is connected in the full portal.

Beijing Legal Market guide

How this entry was source-reviewed

The review date describes when the listed primary sources were checked. It is not a guarantee that jurisdiction remains unchanged after that date.

Source reviewed
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural DevelopmentConstruction permits, engineering standards, housing and project-quality materials Open source
Reference boundary

Construction compliance is distributed across project stages and local authorities.

Confirm project location and classification, participant qualifications, permit status, applicable mandatory standards, inspection records and completion-acceptance requirements.