To further modernize construction industry and promote the development of green buildings, the housing and construction departments of Huai'an made great efforts in 2019 to implement the new national standard "Assessment Standard for Green Building" and improve the proportion of prefabricated, finished and passive buildings in new buildings.

In 2019, 6 million square meters of green buildings were completed in the urban area of Huai'an, accounting for 82.7% of the new buildings and an increase of 8 percentage points over 2018. All of the buildings in scenic spots are green buildings. There are 59 new projects of and above the two-star level, covering an area of 8.84 million square meters and nearly four times larger than the area in 2018. In addition, the provincial green building demonstration county of Xuyi also successfully passed the acceptance.