Qi Ji, vice minister of House and Urban-Rural Construction, attends a news conference of the Fourth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) focusing on indemnificatory housing construction and regulation of the real estate market in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2011.(Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- China will invest about 1.3 trillion yuan (196.9 billion U.S. dollars) on building 10 million units of affordable homes in 2011, said Qi Ji, vice minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on Wednesday.