City likes rental bikes but will act to curb their drawbacks
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SHANGHAI supports and “embraces” bike-rental services, but will guide and regulate their development, the city’s Party Secretary Han Zheng said yesterday.
Bike-sharing had helped alleviate the city’s transportation pressure as well as offering an energy-saving, low-carbon option for citizens, Han said.
He was speaking to a plenary meeting of the legislators from Shanghai during the annual session of the 12th National People’s Congress in Beijing.
“I personally support and laud the bike-sharing scheme,” Han said.
Bike-rental services have grown rapidly since they were initiated last April. Shanghai now has more than 450,000 rental bikes, with 4.5 million registered users.
But the boom in renting bicycles has also brought complaints — about vandalism, rider violations and parking.
Han said the city government would support the innovation and make bike-sharing grow while bringing it into conformity with regulations.
Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong told reporters that the city planned to demolish more than 50 million square meters of illegal structures this year.
Some 51 million square meters of illegal buildings in over 200 blocks were torn down in 2016, the mayor said.
The city government also planned to clear 471 medium and small rivers, covering 630 kilometers this year. Smaller rural creeks and waterways would also be cleaned, the mayor said.
Another major focus of the city government will be put on food safety.
Yin Yicui, chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai People’s Congress, said the city’s “strictest ever food safety regulation” would be brought into force on March 20, which would monitor the full process of food production.
“The goal is to make Shanghai the safest, most reliable and satisfactory city in terms of food safety,” Yin said.
Mayor Ying also said further institutional innovations would be carried out in Shanghai’s Free Trade Zone this year.
A new development plan for the zone had been submitted to the State Council, the mayor said.
Shanghai aimed to build the free trade zone into an international-standard free trade park by 2020 with free investment and trade, transparent regulations, fair and efficient management as well as convenient trading environment.
Shanghai has been a pioneer of opening up the economy and is home to China’s first pilot free trade zone.
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