The total floor area of China's green buildings has exceeded 6.6 billion square meters amid the country's efforts to promote high-quality development in urban and rural areas.

当前，全国累计绿色建筑面积超过66亿平方米，推动城乡高质量发展成效显著。

Noting China's green development achievements in urban and rural areas, Zhang Xiaohong, vice minister of housing and urban-rural development, stressed the arduous task of saving energy and reducing carbon emissions in urban and rural construction, at a press conference on Monday.

住房和城乡建设部副部长张小宏在10月25日召开的发布会上谈到我国城乡建设绿色发展的成就时说，当前，城乡建设领域面临着比较艰巨的节能减排任务。

The ministry will make continuing efforts to further increase the proportion of green buildings, raise building energy efficiency standards, and popularize buildings with ultra-low energy consumption in regions with suitable climate conditions, said Tian Guomin, an official from the ministry.

住房和城乡建设部官员田国民说，我国将进一步提升绿色建筑占比。提高建筑节能标准，在适宜气候区推广超低能耗建筑。

It will also promote the green renovation of existing buildings to improve energy efficiency and lower carbon emissions, Tian said.

推进既有建筑绿色化改造，提升建筑节能低碳水平。

China recently issued a guideline underpinning green development in urban and rural areas.

近日，我国发布了《关于推动城乡建设绿色发展的意见》。

Institutional mechanisms and policy systems for green development in urban and rural areas will be basically established by 2025, while a comprehensive green development will cover urban and rural areas by 2035, with an increased cut in carbon emissions, said the guideline.

到2025年，城乡建设绿色发展体制机制和政策体系基本建立，到2035年，城乡建设全面实现绿色发展，碳减排水平快速提升。