BEIJING - China will kick off a nationwide examination of run-down residential buildings following several deadly collapses, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced on Friday.
Old or run-down residential buildings in cities and county seats will be examined, said the ministry. All affordable housing and shanty-town renovation houses are also included.
Last Friday, part of a five-story residential building in east China's Zhejiang Province collapsed, killing one person and injuring six others.
The collapse was the latest in a string of similar tragedies involving buildings and bridges in the country in recent years.
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