In order to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the decisions and arrangements of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, take industrialization, digitalization and greening as the direction, promote the high-quality development of the construction industry, and in light of the actual situation of Shanxi Province, the following implementation plan is formulated.

I. Main Objectives

The construction industry will develop in an integrated manner with advanced manufacturing technology, digital technology and green and low-carbon technology, driving the formation of a relatively complete modern construction industry chain, promoting the transformation of enterprise production and construction methods, and promoting the improvement of construction levels and building quality. The layout of modern construction industry parks with prefabricated building industry bases as the carrier will be further optimized; new-generation information technology represented by Building Information Modeling ("BIM") technology will be promoted and applied throughout the whole process of engineering construction projects; green construction methods will be widely promoted; and building quality will be steadily improved. By 2025, 10 digital transformation enterprises will be cultivated; the coverage rate of "smart site" creation activities among under-construction projects in the province will exceed 20%; green buildings will account for 100% of newly built urban buildings; and newly started prefabricated buildings will account for 30% of newly started building floor area.

II. Key Tasks

(1) Build modern industrial parks. With prefabricated building industry bases as the carrier, optimize the layout of construction industry parks (bases), guide parks (bases) to rationally plan product and service formats, and focus on developing modern construction industries such as system integration design, prefabricated components and parts, intelligent construction, and integrated decoration. Encourage parks (bases) to carry out construction and renovation led by intelligent manufacturing, smart factories, green factories and green construction, and take the lead in building industrialized, digitalized and green modern construction industry parks. Support large construction enterprises in giving play to the driving role of "chain leader enterprises," actively integrate industrial internet applications, build construction industry internet platforms, and advance the construction of platforms for intelligent production of construction components and parts, smart logistics of building materials, smart installation and smart park management services, centralized procurement of building materials, and supply chain finance for building accessory manufacturing, so as to gradually build an all-round, integrated modern construction industry ecosystem.

(2) Optimize the production capacity of components and parts. Guide production enterprises to coordinate and unify commonly used dimensions of components and parts with design and construction enterprises, expand the scale of use of standardized components and parts, and gradually form a standardized, serialized and large-scale supply system for building components and parts. Promote the digital and intelligent upgrading of component and part production, promote the application of digital technology, system integration technology, intelligent equipment and construction robots, and improve production efficiency. Strengthen quality and safety control of key parts and processes such as the production of components and parts, construction and installation, node connection grouting, and sealing and waterproofing, and improve product quality. Encourage building materials enterprises to produce green building material products and components and parts that are energy-saving and emission-reducing, safe and convenient, and recyclable, and promote the taking the lead in using green building materials in government-invested projects.

(3) Strengthen key capabilities in digital technology. Strengthen the development of systematic integrated design capabilities, guide design enterprises to adopt standardized components and parts and apply digital means, carry out BIM forward design, collaborative design and digital delivery, implement integrated design across multiple disciplines such as architecture, structure, equipment pipelines, decoration and operation and maintenance, and promote effective linkage among design, production, construction and operation and maintenance. Encourage construction enterprises to apply new-generation digital technology, further improve and integrate enterprise management information systems and production and operation information systems, realize digitalized enterprise management, and improve production and operation efficiency. Guide key construction enterprises to take the lead in building BIM-based digital management platforms for engineering construction projects, carry out digital collaborative applications involving multiple disciplines, multiple participants and the whole process, and realize digital management throughout the entire life cycle of engineering construction projects.

(4) Increase BIM promotion efforts. Continue to promote the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology. For newly built large public buildings, prefabricated buildings and other green building projects in the province, BIM technology application shall be carried out in the design, construction and completion acceptance stages, and the use of BIM technology for operation and maintenance management in the operation stage is encouraged. Grade-A survey and design units in the construction industry of the province and Grade-I general contracting construction enterprises shall actively implement BIM technology application in projects; pilot enterprises designated by the provincial department shall implement at least 5 BIM technology applications each year, and enterprises are encouraged to jointly carry out BIM technical services for the whole life cycle of buildings. Housing and urban-rural development authorities at all levels shall strengthen supervision over project implementation, and take the BIM technology application of projects such as large public buildings and prefabricated buildings and of enterprises as the main content of project bidding, special demonstration and acceptance of green buildings, and "double random, one open" inspections. The Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development shall inspect the BIM application of projects and enterprises, annually identify and publish enterprises "with BIM technology application capability" and excellent cases of BIM technology application, take them into consideration in award evaluation and integrity evaluation of relevant enterprises, and give bonus points in title evaluation to project completion personnel.

(5) Improve the technical level of green construction. Actively implement industrialized and digital green construction methods. Vigorously advance the research and development, manufacturing and promotion and application of advanced manufacturing equipment, intelligent equipment and related equipment for smart sites, improve the performance and efficiency of various construction machinery, and increase the degree of mechanized construction. Innovate construction organization methods, implement coordinated construction of prefabricated building decoration and main structure and mechanical and electrical equipment, give play to the advantages of interleaved construction of structure and decoration, and improve the level of refined management at construction sites. Carry out "smart site" creation activities, take the on-site management needs of under-construction projects as the starting point, fully use digital technologies such as the Internet of Things, BeiDou, big data, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and BIM, promote collaborative management and digital construction of under-construction projects, and improve the green construction level of engineering projects.

(6) Promote new production organization models. Promote the engineering general contracting model and improve rules and regulations related to general contracting such as bidding and engineering pricing. Government or state-funded investment projects and projects using prefabricated or BIM construction technology should give priority to the engineering general contracting model. General contracting enterprises shall strengthen upstream and downstream coordination, promote close cooperation among enterprises in various forms, accelerate the deep integration of design, production and construction, improve project management, technological innovation and resource allocation capabilities, and gradually form an open industrial system with engineering general contracting enterprises as the core and relevant enterprises deeply participating, laying the foundation for the high-quality development of the industry.

(7) Develop green and low-carbon buildings. Continue to carry out green building creation actions; all newly built urban buildings shall be designed and constructed in accordance with green building standards; public buildings shall implement the one-star or higher standard, and out-of-code high-rise buildings shall implement the three-star standard. Strictly implement energy-saving standards for newly built buildings, launch the "small-step, fast-run" improvement plan for the energy efficiency of newly built buildings, and organize the formulation of 83% energy-saving standards for residential buildings and 72% energy-saving standards for public buildings. Vigorously develop prefabricated buildings, and vigorously promote new structural systems such as prefabricated steel structures and steel-concrete composite structures in public buildings such as schools and hospitals and in industrial plants. Carry out pilot projects for steel-structure prefabricated housing and steadily promote prefabricated concrete buildings. Accelerate the promotion of ultra-low energy consumption and near-zero energy consumption buildings, carry out zero-carbon building pilots, actively build green and low-carbon housing, and guide the application of prefabricated full decoration in newly built commercial housing according to local conditions.

(8) Optimize the energy structure of buildings. Actively promote low-carbonization at the heat source end of buildings. In areas rich in solar energy resources and in buildings with stable hot water demand, actively promote the application of solar thermal buildings. Install photovoltaic systems on the roofs of Party and government organs, schools, hospitals and other buildings with ample available roof area and good grid connection and consumption conditions, develop distributed photovoltaic power generation featuring "self-generation for self-use and surplus power fed into the grid," and in principle newly built public buildings shall be equipped with solar photovoltaic systems to promote building-integrated photovoltaics. Newly approved public buildings invested and constructed by the government where conditions permit shall all adopt the "geothermal energy +" multi-energy complementary form to meet heating (cooling) energy demand. Promote the comprehensive utilization of renewable energy such as air heat energy and biomass energy according to local conditions. Actively explore the application of technologies such as intelligent group control of building electrical equipment, "photovoltaic-storage-direct-flexible" and cold and heat storage, and give priority to the consumption of renewable energy electricity.

(9) Cultivate collaborative demonstration projects of "three-ization." Focusing on government-invested projects and large public buildings, promote the deep integration of the internet, big data, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and green buildings, advance the integrated application of green technology innovations such as BIM, renewable energy, prefabrication, green construction and intelligent management, and cultivate high-quality green building innovation demonstration projects such as star-rated green buildings, Grade-A and above prefabricated buildings, ultra-low energy consumption buildings, near-zero energy consumption buildings and zero-carbon buildings. Summarize advanced and applicable technologies and increase their promotion and application. Encourage bidders, in light of project characteristics, to take green building innovation demonstration projects as bonus items for preferred selection in project bidding documents, and actively create an ecosystem for "three-ization" innovative development.

III. Safeguard Measures

(1) Strengthen organizational leadership. Promoting the integrated development of the "three-ization" of the construction industry is a concrete measure to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection and research in Shanxi, and is the main direction for promoting the high-quality development of the construction industry. Housing and urban-rural development authorities at all levels shall attach great importance to it, take the integrated development of the "three-ization" as a "top leader project," include it in important agendas, effectively strengthen organizational leadership, establish promotion mechanisms, refine promotion measures, formulate annual action plans, ensure the smooth implementation of all key tasks, and promote the high-quality development of the local construction industry.

(2) Increase scientific and technological innovation. Encourage construction enterprises to establish national and provincial "three-ization" integrated development innovation bases such as transformation promotion centers, technological innovation centers and key laboratories, and jointly establish "three-ization" industrial technology innovation alliances with research institutes and institutions of higher learning. Support the approval of science and technology plan projects for "three-ization" integrated innovation applications, focus on supporting the research and development, manufacturing and promotion and application of technologies and related equipment such as BIM technology, steel structure technical systems, prefabricated construction, green construction, intelligent construction and green and low-carbon technologies, and give priority to including relevant achievements in the catalog of technologies promoted and applied in the housing and urban-rural development field and the registration catalog of construction science and technology achievements. Give play to the demonstration and driving role of science and technology plan projects and construction science and technology achievements, and lead the integrated development of the "three-ization."

(3) Improve the standards system. Organize the formulation and improvement of application standards for new building industrialization, industrial digitalization, green building innovation projects, and interdisciplinary integration of smart buildings. Support industry associations and enterprises in formulating relevant supporting standards and atlases, encourage mature technologies to apply for local standards, and promote the transformation of research results on key technologies and complete sets of technologies into standards. Research and formulate project pricing methods focusing on the integrated application of new manufacturing technology, digital technology and green and low-carbon technology, so as to provide an accounting basis for the incremental investment amount of "three-ization" integrated application projects.

(4) Increase rewards and incentives. Increase support for basic theoretical research, key technology research, basic software and hardware development, intelligent systems and equipment development, major scientific research projects, and project application demonstrations of "three-ization" integrated development. Support projects such as equipment manufacturing, component and part production, key technology tackling and engineering application based on the "three-ization" in applying for science and technology progress funds and technological transformation special funds, and in applying for green building innovation demonstrations and provincial quality engineering awards. Improve incentive measures such as award and excellence evaluation, and increase the support weight for "three-ization" integrated application. Encourage enterprises to actively participate in the construction of "three-ization" projects, and take relevant performance as reference for enterprise integrity evaluation, award and excellence evaluation, and personnel title evaluation.

(5) Actively seek fiscal and financial support. Explore green finance support for the integrated development of the "three-ization," and give green finance support to green building innovation demonstration projects. Strictly implement the conditions of the country's existing tax preferential policies to ensure that enterprises fully enjoy them. Eligible research and development expenditures of enterprises may enjoy additional tax deduction preferences. Actively seek provincial fiscal funds to support the "three-ization" transformation of the construction industry. Give financial awards and subsidies to pilot enterprises of industrialization, digitalization and greening transformation and to high-quality green building innovation demonstration projects.

(6) Create a favorable development environment. Strengthen publicity and promotion, fully give play to the role of relevant enterprises and institutions and industry societies and associations, and strengthen intra-industry exchanges and cooperation through on-site observation, experience exchange, expert lectures and other means to advance industrial progress and development. Make full use of newspapers, radio, television, the internet and other news media to widely publicize the basic knowledge, policies and situation of the transformation and development of the construction industry, and create a favorable public opinion atmosphere in which the whole society pays attention to and supports the industrialization, digitalization and greening development of the construction industry.