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The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently issued an announcement approving the General Code for Civil Buildings hereinafter referred to as the Code as a national standard which will be implemented from March 1 2023. At the same time it is clear that the Code is a mandatory engineering construction specification and all provisions must be strictly implemented. If the relevant provisions in the current engineering construction standards are inconsistent with the Code the Code shall prevail.The Specification points out that the construction use and maintenance of civil buildings should follow the principle of sustainable development correctly handle the relationship between people buildings and the environment and build a reasonable space that matches the functions of use material and environmental protection policy requirements coordinate with the environment reflect the characteristics of the times and regional culture.The Code proposes that the construction of civil buildings should follow the principles of safety hygiene health and comfort and provide reasonable space for peoples life work communication and other social activities and the space for use should meet the basic requirements of ergonomics. The site selection of civil buildings should meet the safety requirements and the residential buildings should ensure the life safety and privacy of the occupants and should meet the requirements of lighting ventilation and sound insulation. Public buildings such as education office research commercial services public activities transportation medical care and social and peoples livelihood services should not only meet the space and usage requirements for various activities but also meet the requirements for transportation and personnel distribution. In addition civil buildings should be equipped with corresponding safety and guidance sign systems.Civil buildings shall comprehensively adopt disaster prevention safety measures such as fire prevention earthquake resistance flood prevention air defense wind and snow resistance and lightning protection and their structures shall meet the requirements of the corresponding design working years. At the same time barrier-free requirements should be met and the facilities with barrier-free performance should be systematically coherent. Outdoor decoration should not affect the safety of the building structure and safe and environmentally friendly decoration materials should be selected. The connection between decoration materials decorative surfaces or components and the main structure should be safe and firm. The materials and structures of the decorative surface components doors and windows of the building exterior wall shall be safe and reliable and shall meet the functional and performance requirements within the design working life and shall be regularly maintained during use to prevent falling. Prefabricated buildings should use integrated modular standardized and generalized prefabricated parts and components. The outdoor public spaces building components and public equipment and facilities of civil buildings shall be regularly maintained repaired and supervised.
