New standards introduced for air raid shelters
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PUDONG has eased rules for the construction of air defense shelters as part of a trial operation amid difficulties in the planning and engineering of such facilities.
Each Shanghai citizen owns 1.8 square meters of air raid shelter, but the allocation is not balanced. In some areas, particularly in the old towns, air raid shelters are inadequate.
Previously, developers acquiring land for construction were unable to accurately map out how much space was needed as supporting facilities for air defense due to complicated calculations during the examination and approval process for the projects.
Residential buildings in Pudong will have air defense facilities equal to 10 percent of their total ground space under the new standard.
For industrial buildings and warehouses, air defense facilities will account for 5 percent of total ground space.
Buildings with a ground area of less than 1,000 square meters may be exempted, but the developers have to pay for construction of the facilities elsewhere amid the imbalanced allocation of the facilities in the city.
Most underground garages, Metro stations, the underground part of large stadiums and green spaces in Shanghai will serve the public as shelters during wartime.
They are all equipped with doors that can be sealed, ventilation systems, emergency power and other life-saving supplies in line with the state law.
Shanghai has several large shelters — those with a maximum capacity of about 8,000 people — and more are planned.
China’s government has continuously put the protection of people’s lives and property at the top of its agenda.
In 1996, the Chinese government adopted a civil air defense law. The law is mainly about how to protect citizens against air strikes.
Three years after the adoption of the civil air defense law, in 1999, Shanghai adopted a regulation for the city’s civil defense.
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