In order to strengthen and standardize the construction of compulsory medical treatment centers, reasonably determine construction scale, improve the level of investment decision-making and construction management for compulsory medical treatment center construction projects, give full play to investment returns, meet the needs of compulsory medical treatment work, safeguard the lawful rights and interests of persons receiving compulsory medical treatment, and protect people's lives and property as well as social order and stability, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the National Development and Reform Commission recently jointly issued a notice approving the release of the Construction Standards for Compulsory Medical Treatment Centers (hereinafter referred to as the "Construction Standards"), which will take effect on September 1 this year.

　　The Construction Standards were formulated in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's Notice on Issuing the 2010 Construction Standards Compilation Project Plan. Field investigations were conducted at 12 representative compulsory medical treatment centers in 6 provinces and municipalities in the north, south, and west, discussions and forums were organized with leaders and relevant personnel of compulsory medical treatment centers, experience and lessons from the construction of completed compulsory medical treatment centers were summarized, and China's fixed asset investment policy orientation was incorporated. The standards were compiled by relevant units organized by the Prison Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the National Development and Reform Commission are responsible for the management of the Construction Standards.

　　The Construction Standards are the unified national standards for the decision-making and construction of compulsory medical treatment center construction projects. They are an important basis for the preparation, evaluation, and approval of project proposals, feasibility study reports, and preliminary designs related to compulsory medical treatment centers, and an important measure for the full-process supervision and management of compulsory medical treatment center construction projects. The Construction Standards apply to new construction, reconstruction, and expansion projects of compulsory medical treatment centers. Their main technical contents include general provisions, construction scale and project composition, site selection and planning layout, area indicators, buildings and building equipment, security protection, and medical facilities, etc.

　　The Construction Standards require that the construction of compulsory medical treatment centers must comply with relevant national laws and regulations, make full use of existing medical resources, achieve complete functions, reasonable layout, convenient management, and safety and civility, and meet environmental protection, energy conservation, and land conservation requirements. The construction land for compulsory medical treatment centers shall comply with land use and urban-rural planning requirements. Construction should preferably be implemented through one-time planning and one-time construction, or may be implemented through one-time planning and phased construction according to development needs; expanded and reconstructed compulsory medical treatment centers should make full use of existing facilities. In the approval, verification, design, and construction processes of compulsory medical treatment center projects, the Construction Standards shall be earnestly implemented and project costs shall be resolutely controlled.